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Artificial disease sites may appear due to US activity — Russian Defense Ministry

"The forecast of situation development anticipates further deterioration of the epidemic situation with possible forming of artificial disease sites and uncontrolled expansion of areas of carriers," Igor Kirillov noted

MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. The work of US military biologists is leading to a possible appearance of artificial disease spots and epidemic situation worsening, Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov said.

The activity of US biologists is aimed at creating artificially managed epidemics and is not controlled as part of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the mechanism of the UN Secretary General on investigation of facts of biological weapons use, Kirillov said.

"The forecast of situation development anticipates further deterioration of the epidemic situation with possible forming of artificial disease sites and uncontrolled expansion of areas of carriers," he noted.