Updated April 6th, 2020 at 18:25 IST
Fact Check: Does Home Minister Amit Shah have Coronavirus?
The rumor includes a screengrab which has been doing rounds on social media stating that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been infected with Coronavirus.
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Claim: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been infected with COVID-19
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What is the rumour about?
- The rumour includes a screengrab which has been doing rounds on social media allegedly from a news channel's broadcast stating that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been infected with COVID-19
- The screengrab from the news channel also claims that Amit Shah had visited Italy last week for a tour after which he got infected with Coronavirus.
- It also claims that he spread COVID-19 because he was not tested after his return
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Who started the rumour?
- Social media forwards
- People have been circulating these messages all over WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.
Rating: False
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Republic World did a fact check
- Republic World did a fact check on various message forwards related to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's health or possible infection of Coronavirus and found them to be False.
- The Home Minister has not been tested positive for COVID-19
- In addition to this, Amit Shah did not visit Italy last week for any purposes
- Any rumour regarding Amit Shah having or spreading Coronavirus is fabricated
Even PIB did a fact check on this and found the image to be morphed
A morphed image being shared on social media cites a prominent Hindi news channel claiming Union Home Minister @amitshah has been infected with #COVID19
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck)
The image is #Fake and aims to spread confusion. Please do not share or forward it. pic.twitter.com/3evj8DFUiA
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Published April 6th, 2020 at 18:25 IST