Is the mysterious epidemic in Russia a 'biological weapon'? Response from Trump to the allegations

US President Trump answered questions from members of the press about the agenda after the press conference he held at the White House.

Asked whether the suspicion of the epidemic in Russia is "a biological weapon", Trump said: "We do not think so. We will find out soon, but we do not think so." he replied.

Recalling that the Russians declared that the situation was under control, Trump said, "We hope that this is a very advanced, very intelligent system and they say that the situation is completely under control. So we hope it is not." made his assessment.

Asked whether he had a similar feeling at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic, Trump stated that neither China nor Russia made much public statement during these processes and stated that "everything was under control."

Regarding the question of when he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the suspected epidemic, Trump said, "We will have an arranged phone call today. Today is Putin's birthday." he said.

In Russia, the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Igor Kobzev, announced that an extraordinary sanitary and anti-epidemic commission meeting was held on October 2, upon information that there was a "suspicion of a particularly dangerous infection" in a person living in the region.

On some social media channels, it was claimed that an employee of the anti-plague institute died due to "pulmonary plague" on the same day.

In the statement made by Rospotrebnadzor, it was reported that special measures were implemented after an employee of the Siberian and Far Eastern Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown cause."