Claim: Tiranga virus, a new version of Coronavirus found in tomatoes, is harmful to humans.
Fact-check: The disease affecting tomato crops in Maharashtra is neither related to coronavirus nor harmful to humans - FACTLY
Verdict: in another video, 'tv9 bharatvarsh' has clarified that they do not claim that tomatoes have any connection with coronavirus. they also clarified that the new virus is not harmful to humans. while it is true that a disease/virus  has affected tomato crops in maharashtra, the claims regarding its harmful effect on humans and its connection to coronavirus have no basis. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akhil Reddy
Date published: 2020-05-18T14:15:07