Published 19:36 IST, April 1st 2020

Fact Check: Did Italy seek war damages from China due to the Coronavirus outbreak?

Fact check: Rumours about Italy seeking war damages from China were going viral on the internet but have since then been proven wrong. Read more.

Reported by: Amir Khollam
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ongoing coronavirus pandemic has evidently taken over world to become a global concern. Out of worst-hit countries with coronavirus in world turned out to be Italy. Over 105 thousand cases of coronavirus were registered in Italy out of which over 12 thousand cases have resulted in fatal outcomes. w, amidst ongoing paraia and crisis in Italy, various fake news about same have started circulating on internet. 

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Various social media users are w claiming that Italy has asked China to provide war dams. People on internet are stating that Italy is blaming China for ongoing pandemic in ir country and will be soon seeking war dams from m. Various internet users are also blaming China for ongoing pandemic and supporting Italy's decision to seek war dams from China. 

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Italy has t asked for China to pay war dams to m. A recent video from on YouTube from an online news portal featured an Italian woman speaking about situations Italians are facing. In video, Italian woman suggested that China should indeed pay war dams from China. This was falsely assumed to be Italy seeking war dams from China by many internet users. 

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Some internet users on social media have built up various fake narratives during ongoing global pandemic. Twitter users shared video in abundance on social media platform and stated that Italy should ask for war dams from China. A common me of foul mouthing China and blaming country for spread of coronavirus globally. 

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Google Trends analysis of Italy seeking war dams from China

As various posts on social media started suggesting that Italy is seeking war dams from China, people took to Google to confirm same. This resulted in a surge of searches for topics like 'Italy seeks war dams', 'Italy war dams China' and similar topics. Check it out below - 

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19:36 IST, April 1st 2020