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“China declared a state of emergency following a surge of respiratory illnesses”
Social media posts Claim dated 2 Jan 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse

What Vera Files found

While recent reports say there is an increase of respiratory illnesses in China, the country or parts of it have not been placed under a state of emergency.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 2 January 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 9 January 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.

This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.