President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro suggested that various forces can use the emergence of new strains of coronavirus as an excuse for manipulating the situation in the markets in their own interests, writes TASS.
Maybe they use some of the options to alarm the world even more to manipulate public opinion? Maybe they sometimes use some variants of coronavirus to increase their profits, manipulate prices for some products, including oil? ” – noted the head of state on Tuesday while performing at the summit of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of America (Alba) in Havana.
“every time a new option [Coronavirus] appears, stock markets fall. When an oomikron strain appeared a month ago, the oil immediately fell from $ 82 per barrel to $ 56,” Maduro added. – The results of scientific research say that this option It seems more contagious, but not more deadly. “