COVID-19: a naturally occurring infection or a biological weapon of the XXI century?

The article is devoted to some aspects of the new coronavirus infection. The relevance of the chosen topic is explained by the avalanchelike spread of COVID-19 with high mortality rates. The issue of the mystery of the origin of the infection, which has legal signi cance, is discussed. The authors of the work, for obvious reasons, without conducting an assessment and without giving forecasts of the development of the military-political and strategic situation, without discussing any issues regarding planning, as well as the implementation of civil and territorial defense measures, come to the conclusion that with suspicious ambiguity of the causes of SARS-CoV-2, the need to maintain some the readiness of the operational response of the state structures of Russia and domestic society to possible global epidemic disasters, such as a new coronavirus infection. At the same time, as the authors believe, the legal dominants should be both ensuring national security and guaranteeing respect for individual human values, including life and health, honor and dignity, protection of economic and social rights.