The coronavirus has infected more than 119,000 people since December, fuelling conspiracy theories about its origin. Many people believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus was created in a Chinese laboratory and either accidentally or purposely released into the public.
Others have claimed online the coronavirus is a warning sign of the biblical end times.
Hardline Christians point to passages in the Book of Revelation that supposedly prove COVID-19 is a prophetic plague.
Many people have also claimed coronavirus was predicted by the 16th-century physician Michel de Nostredame.
Nostradamus is believed by his followers to have accurately predicted many world events such as the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the rise of Adolf Hitler in 1933.
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Coronavirus theories: What are conspiracy theorists saying about the COVID-19 epidemic? (Image: GETTY)
Coronavirus theories: Some people believe the virus was created in a secret Chinese laboratory (Image: TWITTER)
