The virus will not be responsible for the economical and financial breakdown that is about the come. People's arrogance (mostly the West) is responsible for this.
Certainly 'the virus' will be advertised as being responsible. If the thing was a deliberate release I've always felt that one of the primary goals would be to scapegoat a possibly overdue collapse of the economic system so that people won't blame bankster malfeasance for the event.
Better a pandemic then a war which is what is typically used. Especially a pandemic which is largely 'virtual' and exists primarily in social media. Of course it isn't to late for both.