Updated: May 12 2021, 7:47 ET
COVID is a perfect weapon and shows how biowarfare could quickly bring the world to its knees , according to a former military chemical weapons expert.
Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon spoke out after it was revealed Chinese scientists had probed weaponising coronaviruses five years before the start of the pandemic.
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Chinese scientists reportedly considered weaponising coronaviruses back in 2015Credit: EPA
The colonel does not believe Covid is man-made weapon - but it demonstrates the threat of what could happen if a biological agent was released by an enemy state or terrorist group.
He exclusively told The Sun Online: I was not at all surprised by the report about China.
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A NEW disinfectant spray developed by the British Army can kill coronavirus in 60 seconds - and costs just £7.99.
The military-grade formula, called Virusend, has proven to be 99.99 per cent effective in killing SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes Covid-19.
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Virusend disinfectant spray has been proven to kill coronavirus in just 60 seconds
It s already being used by the Army at Covid testing sites in Medway, Kent, and Preston, Lancs.
Now more than 50,000 bottles are being rolled out to military personnel working alongside the NHS at Covid testing stations across the country.
Virusend was found to kill all known coronavirus strains
Credit: Cpl Adam Wakefield/ British Army
The British Army has pioneered a Covid disinfectant spray which has proved so successful it will be sold to the general public.
The Virusend disinfectant formula has been found to kill all coronavirus strains in less than a minute and was proven to kill SARS-CoV-2 in 99.99 per cent of cases.
Now more than 50,000 bottles of the handheld Virusend disinfectant are being deployed to military personnel across the country who are working alongside the NHS at coronavirus testing stations as part of the military s ongoing support to civil authorities.
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