Leaked EU report says pro-Kremlin outlets seeking to aggravate public health crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePro-Kremlin media have been spreading disinformation about coronavirus with the aim of “aggravating” the public health crisis in the west, the European Union’s diplomatic service has concluded in a leaked report.
An EU monitoring team collected 80 examples of disinformation from
Russian sources in nearly two months up to 16 March. Coronavirus was claimed to be a biological weapon deployed by
China, the US or the UK. Other conspiracy theories contended the outbreak was caused by migrants or was a pure hoax.