“Photos of Italian man committing suicide after he lost his entire family to COVID-19”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Mar 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video was taken in Spain and is found to be in circulation on the internet at least since the last week of December 2019. But, the first COVID-19 death was reported only in the second week of January 2019 in China
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 March 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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.