Claim: A viral post on WhatsApp claims that the Health Ministry has issued a warning against a new type of coronavirus infection 'Clade A13-I' in India. It further reads that the virus is spreading from Maharashtra, where 41 percent of the infected had died.
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: the message is misleading as neither the health ministry nor icmr had issued any such warning about the new type of coronavirus infection spreading in india.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42