Claim: A video of a rainbow forming in the wake of a truck spraying moisture over a street has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim that the footage shows a truck disinfecting a street in China in an effort to contain the novel coronavirus. This claim is false; the video, which shows a truck spraying in China's Sichuan province for dust control purposes, has circulated online since at least March 2019, months before the viral outbreak.
Fact-check: This video has circulated online since at least March 2019 – months before the novel coronavirus outbreak
Verdict: this video has circulated online since at least march 2019 – months before the novel coronavirus outbreak
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09