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FACT CHECK: Will There Be A Lockdown In May Due To Rise In COVID Cases? Here's The Truth Behind Viral Claim
A video claiming that the government will impose another lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases has been deemed fake by the Press Information Bureau's fact-check team. Although COVID-19 cases have surged in recent months, the overall situation remains under control due to minor symptoms and a low fatality rate. The PIB has urged people not to circulate such misinformation without first verifying the claims. India logged 9,335 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 2.8% lower than the previous day's figure.
Updated Apr 27, 2023 | 10:19 AM IST
The PIB's fact-check team found the claim to be FAKE. (Representative image)
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Will There Be A Lockdown In May? A video claiming that the Central government will once again impose a lockdown owing to the spike in COVID cases has gone viral. A Youtube channel named Daily Trending News has uploaded this post where the claim was made. The video claimed that there will be a nationwide lockdown in the month of May as coronavirus cases are once again on the rise. However, the PIB's fact-check team found this news to be FAKE.
Here's The Truth Behind Viral Claim
📣 #FakeAlert'Daily Trending News' नामक #YouTube चैनल के एक वीडियो में दावा किया जा रहा है कि #कोरोनावायरस संक्रमण… t.co/FPu54w0R47
— ANI (@ANI) Apr 17, 2023
Yes, the COVID cases have once again shown a spike in recent months but the overall situation is under control as the symptoms are minor and very low fatality rate.
CLAIM: The government will impose a lockdown in May due to the rise in COVID Cases.
FACT: The video is FAKE. There's no such plan on behalf of the government as the situation is very much in control.
The fact-check team found the video claiming that there will be a fresh lockdown in May as FAKE and Misleading. The PIB team has warned people against such fake news and advised them not to circulate such information without verifying the claims.
Meanwhile, India on Thursday logged 9,335 COVID cases in 24 hours, 2.8 per cent lower than yesterday.
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