DeTect: Old video from Pakistan shared as UP COVID case

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30 Aug 2020, 10:28 pm

Chennai

Earlier this month, the B.Ed entrance exam was held in UP. Post this, the state witnessed a jump in COVID-19 cases. Amid this, a video went viral and it showed a young man lying on a hospital bed, suffering from breathlessness. The video identifies him as Saurab Kumar, who had given the exam in UP. Alt News ran a search and found the footage was actually pertaining to the Punjab Emergency Service, a rescue and emergency response organisation operating in Pakistan.

First published on www.altnews.in

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