{"id":59822,"date":"2020-02-28T14:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=59822"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:10:35","slug":"mock-drill-video-of-chinese-swat-team-tackling-coronavirus-victim-viral-as-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-chinese-swat-team-tackling-coronavirus-victim-viral-as-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock drill video of Chinese SWAT team tackling coronavirus victim viral as real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several officers of the Chinese SWAT team halt a car, the driver wearing a face-mask is asked to step out, upon his refusal to cooperate the cops forcibly catch him using a net and take him away. A video depicting this sequence of events is widely circulating on social media with the claim that it shows the treatment of coronavirus victims in China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The way that China stops and arrests a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> suspect on the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IlQUHkH1FQ\">pic.twitter.com\/IlQUHkH1FQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Lebao (@MerlotN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerlotN\/status\/1231007981631725568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users have requested for a fact-check.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Extraordinary. SWAT teams take down coronavirus suspects on China highway.<\/p>\n<p>This was a WA forward: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AltNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boomlive_in?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boomlive_in<\/a> can you verify authenticity? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CyC5fFrRp\">pic.twitter.com\/2CyC5fFrRp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PKR | \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09b6\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a4 | \u067e\u0631\u0634\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0648 (@prasanto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prasanto\/status\/1231852392192176128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has also received several requests on its official mobile application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59832 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan2.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan2-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan2-768x649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59833 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan1.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan1-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/wuhan1-768x671.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>At several points in the video, officers can be seen holding a board which reads &#8220;exercises&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59834 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/39d30498-4eb1-4867-bdd6-b6ba0354d57d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Youtube search &#8216;china swat exercise coronavirus&#8217; led us to several international media reports describing the video. According to a February 25 report by <em>NBC News,\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;Police in China\u2019s Henan province posted a video on social media showing a simulation of how they will deal with drivers who ignore virus checkpoints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Police Video Shows SWAT Team Drill For Controlling Coronavirus Suspect | NBC News\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yw7M-fUaIb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It [the video] shows a simulation of how a SWAT team controls a driver &#8211; with an abnormal temperature &#8211; who refuses to stop at a checkpoint,&#8221; says the <em>NBC <\/em>report. Several other media outlets also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NowThisNews\/videos\/201063227934399\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> the mock drill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In China, SWAT teams have been practising drills to detain those suspected of being infected with Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>They use nets, roadblocks and anti-bacterial spray to contain the disease and arrest un-cooperative patients. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XnepCNP0EX\">pic.twitter.com\/XnepCNP0EX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Telegraph (@Telegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Telegraph\/status\/1232265441336332289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A video of a mock drill where Chinese SWAT team tackles an uncooperative coronavirus victim has been shared on social media as real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several officers of the Chinese SWAT team halt a car, the driver wearing a face-mask is asked to step out, upon his refusal to cooperate the cops forcibly catch him using a net and take him away. 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