“New Zealand contact traced COVID back to a trash can lid and an elevator button”
Social media posts
Twitter. Claim dated 7 Oct 2020.
MediaWise rated thisLegit
What MediaWise found
Trusted local reporting and public health authorities have confirmed that New Zealand did contact trace coronavirus transmission back to a trash can lid and an elevator button.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 October 2020. MediaWise (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 November 2020, 40 days later. Its rating was “Legit”.
Where the claim appeared
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