Claim: COVID-19 was known to humans before its outbreak in 2020.
Fact-check: Coronaviruses were known to humans decades ago. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus is just a new type of Coronavirus - FACTLY
Verdict: the new sar-cov-2 virus  was first reported in december 2019. all the old images and videos being shared on social media refer to the virus as coronavirus, not as sar-cov-2 . coronaviruses were known to human decades ago. all the references made on social media were about the coronaviruses, a general term for various viruses which cause diseases ranging from the common cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome . hence the claims made in the posts aremisleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akhil Reddy
Date published: 2020-03-27T12:35:04