The spread of coronavirus has forced the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global emergency and pandemic on Wednesday. The virus, which first appeared in China’s Hubei Province, has spread like wildfire to virtually every continent.

Officials are now fighting to contain outbreaks in Italy, South Korea, Iran and the US.

Because scientists are yet to determine how and where the first coronavirus patient was infected, conspiracy theories about the virus’ origin are rife.

Many people online have claimed the virus is the product of an experiment gone wrong in a secret Chinese laboratory.

Some people have also claimed the virus was predicted by psychics and book authors many years before it happened.

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