Claim: A rumour went viral on Twitter, which stated that the first person called 'patient zero' to contract COVID-19 was a scientist from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. It claimed that a woman named Huang Yanling was first infected with the Coronavirus.
Fact-check: 10 Twitter posts on Covid-19 that mislead the world - First Check
Verdict: as soon as the post went viral, the wuhan institute of virology, chinese academy of sciences issued a statement which highlighted that false information is being circulated regarding the identification of huang yanling as 'patient zero.' the institute confirmed that she was a former student at the institute and had completed her master's degree in 2015 and that she has been living elsewhere after her graduation. she is in perfectly good health and has not been infected by the virus at all.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Abeen Bilal
Date published: 2020-06-05T03:12:15