Fact check: Are Beijing and Shanghai in China not affected by the coronavirus outbreak?

ongoing coronavirus pandemic has evidently created a situation of paraia and confusion across globe. Global coronavirus cases across world are currently over 1.8 million and is expected to reach 2 million soon. During se testing times, a surge of fake stories on social media has been witnessed. Posts claiming outlandish things without having credible sources has increased on social media, w, one such story has come to light. 

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Claim - 

Many internet users have been making claims about Coronavirus being a cultivated virus designed deliberately to cause a global pandemic. Various conspiracy orists on social media have been claiming that coronavirus in China could t reach Beijing and Shanghai but went across world to cause global destruction. It is being claimed major cities in China like Bejing did t get a wave of infections like witnessed in Wuhan and later, across globe. Check it out below - 

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Rating - False

Shanghai is kwn to be financial hub of China. To date, Shanghai has recorded 607 cases. On or hand, Beijing has recorded 589 confirmed cases. se statistics were given out by China's National Health Commission. Both major cities of China, Beijing and Shanghai, have been under lockdown since early January. 

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Origin - 

Ever since outbreak of coronavirus in China has w caused a global pandemic, various conspiracy orists have been claiming that outbreak was actually a deliberate act to launch a bioweapon. conspiracy ories found ir way to various social media platforms including video-sharing platform YouTube, where a number of conspiracy ory videos can be found. Check it out below -

Google Trends analysis - 

As a number of conspiracy ories started going around internet about speed of coronavirus in Beijing and Shanghai, people started to find answers by searching on Google. This resulted in a surge of search results for same. Check it out below - 

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