Claim: A snapshot of the novel called 'Eye of the Darkness', which was published in 1981 by American author Dean Koontz has been doing the rounds on social media. It states that the Coronavirus, referred to as Wuhan-400 in the book, was predicted in 1981.
Fact-check: Did a Chinese novelist really predict the Coronavirus in 1981?
Verdict: that earlier editions of the book refer to wuhan-400 as gorki-400, as per taiwan news. with the updated sources, it becomes clear that the coronavirus, specifically, was not predicted in the 1981 book and hence is misleading.
Organisation: NewsMobile
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Date published: 2020-03-03T06:47:25