DISINFO: There is a secret American biological laboratory in Moldova
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: ehomd.info (archived)*
  • Date of publication: April 21, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 194
  • Countries / regions discussed: Moldova, US, Ukraine
Tags:
coronavirus Biological weapons Conspiracy theory

DISINFO: There is a secret American biological laboratory in Moldova

SUMMARY

There is a secret American biological laboratory in Moldova. This lab is working on the development of infectious disease strains. This is the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) which works in Moldova in collaboration with the local Academy of Sciences. The threat is more than significant, given the global COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus itself could be created by humans and used as a biological weapon.

RESPONSE

Conspiracy theory about the coronavirus pandemic. There is no laboratory in the Republic of Moldova that prepares biological weapons. This claim has already been debunked in the past. Thus, the Ministry of Defence from Moldova stated last year to Stopfals.md that “the Republic of Moldova does not produce/ test any biological weapons/ viruses and does not in any way support any state, group of states or international organisations to manufacture or acquire any of the above-mentioned agencies/toxins." The executive director of STCU, Curtis Bjelajac, described similar accusations as misinformation. The Academy of Sciences of Moldova qualifies this information as aberrations. Read further debunking on Stopfals.md. Read other similar cases claiming that the US is developing biological weapons in Ukraine and Georgia's Lugar Lab, that Pentagon-funded biological laboratories are involved in the creation of coronavirus and are a threat to the Armenian nation.

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