The conspiracy theories were also dismissed by Dr Andrzejem Horban, an infectious disease expert from the Provincial Infectious Hospital in Warsaw, Poland.
He said: “The virus does not meet the criteria of a biological weapon. A virus used as a bioweapon should kill between 20 and 30 percent of those infected.”
The coronavirus has a very low mortality rate between one and two percent.
The majority of coronavirus patients who have died were middle-aged or elderly and already suffering from pre-existing conditions.
Doctors have also been pretty successful in fighting the disease, with more than 4,000 people recovered from infection as of Tuesday morning (February 11).
On Saturday, the WHO’s Director General said: “At the WHO we’re not just battling the virus, we’re also battling the trolls and conspiracy theories that undermine our response.