{"id":58493,"date":"2020-02-11T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=58493"},"modified":"2020-02-11T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:24:33","slug":"a-video-from-florida-is-shared-as-china-where-birds-effected-by-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-video-from-florida-is-shared-as-china-where-birds-effected-by-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: No, this video of bats removed from a rooftop is not from China"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 10, The New York Times<\/em> reported<\/a> that Coronavirus killed 97 people in a single day in China. The epidemic has spread to other countries as well and according to several media reports<\/a>, India ranks 17th at risk of importing coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n

A three-minute video of bats being cleared from a rooftop has gone viral. Several Marathi social media users posted the video with the text, “They are saying the bat that was responsible for Coronavirus’s origination in Wuhan province in China….that bat’s presence in this house you can see… <\/em>(Translated from Marathi: \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0935\u0941\u0939\u093e\u0923 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093e\u0924 \u091c\u0947\u0925\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0917\u0930\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u0928\u092e\u0941\u0933\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0923 \u091d\u093e\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u092f\u0924\u093e \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0947 \u092f\u0947\u0925\u0940\u0932 \u090f\u0915\u093e \u0918\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0909\u092a\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u093e….).” <\/em><\/p>\n

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On February 2, a Facebook user shared<\/a> (archive<\/a>) the viral video along with the Marathi text. Since then it has been viewed over 900 times.<\/p>\n

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\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0935\u0941\u0939\u093e\u0923 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093e\u0924 \u091c\u0947\u0925\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0917\u0930\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u0928\u092e\u0941\u0933\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0923 \u091d\u093e\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u092f\u0924\u093e \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0947 \u092f\u0947\u0925\u0940\u0932 \u090f\u0915\u093e \u0918\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0909\u092a\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u093e….<\/p>\n

Posted by Hemant Parab<\/a> on Sunday, February 2, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The video has been posted<\/a> (archive<\/a>) on Twitter with the same message in Hindi, “\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0935\u0941\u0939\u093e\u0923 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093e\u0924 \u091c\u0947\u0925\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0917\u0930\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u0928\u092e\u0941\u0933\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0923 \u091d\u093e\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u092f\u0924\u093e \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0935\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0918\u0933\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0947 \u092f\u0947\u0925\u0940\u0932 \u090f\u0915\u093e \u0918\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0940\u0932 \u0909\u092a\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0940 \u0906\u0939\u0947 \u0924\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u093e <\/span>\u0938\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0936 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <\/span>\u091a\u093e\u092f\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0938 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e \u0909\u0938 \u0936\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0902\u091b\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u092c\u0915 \u0915\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902….\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f “<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This post was shared by other Facebook<\/a> accounts as well.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h2>\n

Alt News did a keyword search on Google and found a 12-minute video which shows bats being cleared from a rooftop. The video was uploaded by Istueta Roofing in 2011 which is a roofing company based out Miami, Florida in the US. Alt News noticed that the viral video begins at 6:55<\/a> mark.<\/p>\n