Bioterrorism as a New Form of Global Threat COVID 19 Case20200624 8577 10sfxqd (original) (raw)

Bioterrorism can be defined as a set of deliberate release of biological agents or toxins in order to harm or cause death to people, animals, or plants, with the intention of intimidating a government or a civilian population or to compel them to serve political or social objectives. A concept that is not new in the history of international relations, it returns today as a subject of debate with the appearance in early December 2019 in Wuhan, China, of a virus called COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The assumption that the virus was made in laboratories is possible, but remains unconfirmed in the absence of scientific basis. However, it is clear that the economic and political interests generated by this global crisis exist. In any event, whether manufactured or not, the Coronavirus constitutes a new form of terrorism, given the terror that this virus causes on the population and the consequences for the economic development of the affected States.