Moscow. August 28. INTERFAX - The Russian military does not have data that the COVID-19 virus is man-made, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection Troops (RCBZ) Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov of the Russian Armed Forces.
"I doubt that someone made a biological weapon out of the virus. Because another outbreak of the "Spanish flu", which we had at the beginning of the last century, showed that it is very uncontrolled, "Kirillov said on the Zvezda TV channel on Saturday.
At the same time, he noted that "genetic engineering is now on the rise, it is the future".
According to Kirillov, Russia has a serious scientific base that allows it to fight viruses, as well as laboratories of the highest level that have no analogues in the world. "We have machines designed for special processing, which caused great surprise in Europe that the Russians are able to do something that others need much more time or simply cannot do," he said.