“China Government revealed the details of the first person who got infected with the COVID-19 virus”
What FACTLY found
The message shared in the post is a joke. ‘Lay Lee Sab Kee’ is a Hindi sentence that means ‘take off everyone’. It is a sarcastic message that was being shared on social media at least since May 2020. According to a few Chinese media reports, a 55-year-old from the Hubei province could have been the first person to contract COVID-19. Neither the Chinese Government nor Chinese media channels have revealed the personal details of this person
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 June 2021, 12 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.