Claim: A video purporting to show panic-stricken travellers infected with coronavirus disease at an airport has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. These images are actually taken from a security exercise simulating a hostage-taking at Dakar airport in November 2019.
Fact-check: This video shows a security exercise simulating a hostage-taking at Dakar airport
Verdict: false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre
Date published: 2020-03-31T15:32:00