“Photo comparing traffic on a road during the time of Coronavirus and Solar Eclipse day”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
While the part of the photo showing heavy traffic was captured on 5 February 2020, much before the spread of COVID-19 in India, the other part showing empty roads was shot on 22 March 2020, the Janata Curfew day where a Nationwide curfew was imposed by the Government of India.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.ph/cRNrp
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