By: Annie Priya
May 12 2020
False: Amit Shah has been infected with the novel coronavirus.
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The Verdict False
It is a tweet posted by a parody account named Aak Thu News, which by itself confirms that the claim is false.
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It is a tweet posted by a parody account named Aak Thu News, which by itself confirms that the claim is false.On doing a reverse image search, we found that a photo-manipulated image was tweeted by an account with the handle @Aak_Thu. It had posted an image which appears to be a screenshot of an Aaj Tak news coverage saying that Amit Shah had been infected with the coronavirus. It's Twitter bio states that it is a parody account and that it is not related to the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak. Also, there are no official reports of such a piece of news. The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.