“A Facebook post from January 27, 2020 claims coronavirus has contaminated a list of food products and that several Sydney train stations "have shown positive readings to the virus".”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Jan 2020.
AAP FactCheck rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 January 2020. AAP FactCheck (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 29 January 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=803700806775141&set=a.137715733373655&type=3&thea…
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