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      False Posts In Sri Lanka Claim Poultry Infected With Coronavirus

      The unrelated viral images show chickens sickened with other diseases, COVID-19 has not been discovered in poultry.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  17 March 2020 4:56 PM IST
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      False Posts In Sri Lanka Claim Poultry Infected With Coronavirus


      Several photos have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show poultry in Sri Lanka that was infected by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The claim is false; Sri Lankan authorities said the coronavirus has not been discovered in poultry; the photos were taken from various unrelated reports online and show chickens sickened with other diseases.

      The images were published on Facebook here on March 3, 2020. The post has been shared more than 2,500 times.

      Below is a screenshot of the misleading post:

      Screenshot of the Facebook post

      The post's Sinhala-language caption translates to English as: "EXCLUSIVE Chicken also infected with coronavirus. We can no longer eat chicken?"

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      The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. The virus has killed more than 6,000 people and infected 163,930 worldwide, including sports stars, celebrities and world leaders, AFP reported here on March 16, 2020.

      The photos were also shared with a similar claim on Facebook here and here.

      The claim is false.

      "So far there is no evidence to claim that chicken is infected with the novel coronavirus and that it's unsafe to consume chicken," Dr. R. Hettiarachchi, the acting director general of Sri Lanka's Animal Production and Health Department, told AFP by phone on March 11, 2020.

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      Hettiarachchi said there was no need to "concern oneself over eating chicken" and warned that such "baseless claims can really damage the poultry industry."

      Dr. Ashan Pathirana, the registrar of Sri Lanka's Health Promotion Bureau, also said chicken remains safe to consume and cautioned the public against "unnecessary panic".

      "While it is important to practise general good food safety measures such as avoiding contamination of uncooked proteins and avoiding raw or uncooked meats, there is no need to create an unnecessary panic over baseless claims," Pathirana told AFP on March 5, 2020.

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      Dr. Pathirana urged the public to only trust verified government sources when sharing information about the coronavirus.

      The images used in the misleading posts were also being shared out of context. They were taken from various unrelated reports online and show chickens sickened with other diseases. They were debunked here and here by AFP after circulating in similar posts in India and Pakistan.

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      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   Images show poultry in Sri Lanka that was infected by the novel Coronavirus.
      Claimed By :  Social Media users in Sri Lanka
      Fact Check :  False
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