“Countries were exporting COVID-19 “diagnostic test instruments” in 2018.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Some equipment now used for COVID-19 testing existed prior to 2019 and was marked as being available before that year. But COVID-19 tests did not exist in 2018.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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