Claim: US patent 2006257852 is for the new coronavirus.
Fact-check: These patents are not for the new coronavirus or its vaccine - Full Fact
Verdict: it is not. it is an abandoned patent from 2006 for chemical mixtures related to the sars virus, which is another type of coronavirus.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2020-05-19T00:00:00