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FACT CHECK: Delivery boy in viral video does not have coronavirus

Published March 21, 2020
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A video that went viral on social media showing a delivery boy who allegedly had coronavirus is false.

According to Farhad Khan, an official at the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar, the patient was kept in the isolation ward as a precautionary measure but he tested negative for coronavirus on Friday night.

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