“UP CM Yogi Adityanath announced the new lockdown measures in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh”
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Claim dated 19 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
he video shared in the post is an old one. This video shows Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announcing the lockdown measures in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh on 22 March 2020. Yogi Adityanath announced this lockdown as a preventive measure to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state last year
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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