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      No, This Photo Does Not Show Throat Of Patient Infected With COVID-19

      The image being shared is an old photo and is not a photo of a throat infected with novel coronavirus as claimed.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  25 April 2020 1:51 PM IST
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      No, This Photo Does Not Show Throat Of Patient Infected With COVID-19
      A photo shared thousands of times on Facebook claims to show the throat of a novel coronavirus patient. The claim is false; the image has circulated online since May of 2018, long before the COVID-19 pandemic.


      "An Exclusive picture of the patient's Throat infected with Coronavirus Covid19," says text on an image shared here and here in English and also in Spanish since at least April 12, 2020 on Facebook. The picture has also been shared on Instagram and Twitter.

      Screenshot of a false Facebook post, taken on April 16, 2020

      AFP Fact Check conducted a reverse image search and determined that the photo was posted on Reddit on May 29, 2018.

      ALSO READ: Donald Trump's Idea To Treat COVID-19 With Disinfectant Will Cause Deaths

      "Is this normal looking strep throat? Lots of white spots on tonsils and even on the back of my throat," asks the user who posted the photo.

      Screenshot of original May 29, 2018 Reddit post, taken April 17, 2020

      Asked about the photo, Dr. Fernando De La Hoz, epidemiologist and director of the Department of Public Health at the National University of Colombia, told AFP in Spanish that "this is not typical of the coronavirus."

      The novel coronavirus is a viral infection and according to De La Hoz, "these lesions appear bacterial."

      The same user who shared the photo on Reddit later published a message explaining that, after taking a laboratory test, they were diagnosed with "Mersa in the throat."

      According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MRSA is "methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that is resistant to several antibiotics."

      Throat pain is one of the symptoms of COVID-19 according to the World Health Organization.

      The novel coronavirus was first discovered in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since spread across the world. More than 2.4 million cases and 166,000 deaths have been reported as of April 20, 2020 according to Johns Hopkins University.

      (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 :   The photo is of the throat of a COVID-19 patient.
      Claimed By :  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
      Fact Check :  False
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