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Thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.

The news is taken from a website known to publish only satire articles and holds no validity.

The news is taken from a website known to publish only satire articles and holds no validity.A Facebook post claims that thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China. We found the claim as false as the report is not authentic.

On checking the link published in the post, we found that the World News Daily Report website is known to publish false, satirical, or sensational stories. There is a disclaimer on the web page stating that the articles' content is purely fictional and not related to original persons.

Moreover, the person in the image is not a Wuhan resident. His original name is Yukichi Chuganji, a Japanese supercentenarian who died at the age of 114 years.

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