Claim: The coronavirus patent was applied for in 2015.
Fact-check: A patent for the coronavirus spreading in Wuhan was not applied for in 2015 - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. a company applied for a patent on a weakened version of a virus in the same family as the new wuhan virus.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-01-27T00:00:00