DISINFO: US is behind the spread of coronavirus
SUMMARY
The United States is behind the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide. The new virus is spreading at a tremendous speed, from one continent to another. Is it really a new type of influenza? No, it is about an artificial crisis behind which stand economically motivated United States, because Americans fear that they are failing to compete with the Chinese or even catch up with them.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory and a recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the China coronavirus. The statement has no evidence.
According to various sources, several dozen strains of the coronavirus have been recorded in the world, seven of which present varying degrees of danger to humans. First and foremost, these types of viruses bring on respiratory disease. Viruses are dangerous because they can be transmitted by humans and animals and because they mutate so quickly.
In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Chinese authorities have placed more than a dozen cities under quarantine. The World Health Organisation is working with Chinese authorities and global experts to learn more about the virus. The virus "2019-nCoV” comes from a family of viruses that include the common cold, and viruses such as SARS and MERS. There is no evidence to suggest it was developed or disseminated artificially.
The current coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in central China and has been rapidly spreading with new cases being reported in the Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe, North America and the Middle East.