A video of a man claiming to be a telecom engineer is doing rounds on social media. In the video, he can be seen showing equipment labelled ‘COV-19’ which he claims are being installed in 5G towers.
“यह शख्स 5 G टॉवर पे काम करने वाला लेबर है इस 5 G टावर पर टैक्निकल खराबी पर रिपेयरिंग करना था और खास तौर पर मना किया गया था एक प्लेट को खोलकर नही देखना है उस ने हुक्म की खिलाफ वरजी की और अपनी नौकरी को दाव पे लगा के उस प्लेट को खोलकर देखा तो उस मे Covid-19 की चिप नजर आई उस से साफ जाहिर होता है के इंसानियत के खिलाफ कुछ ना कुछ साजिश जरुर चल रही है।” the post caption read.
(Translation: This person is a labourer working on 5G towers. This 5G tower had some technical fault and had to be repaired. He was not allowed to open the plate but he went against the order and opened it putting his job at stake, and saw a Covid-19 chip in it. It is clear that there is some conspiracy against humanity)
Here’s the link to the above post. Similar posts can be seen here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false.
Upon extracting the keyframes of the video and putting them through Reverse Image Search along with some keywords, we found the longer version of the same video on YouTube uploaded on June 5, 2020.
“How to Start a Conspiracy Theory – Heydon Prowse,” the video title read.
Incidentally, while researching on the relation between 5G towers and coronavirus, we found a tweet by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India’s nodal information agency, which stated that there is NO relation between 5G and the spread of coronavirus.
Is 5G network radiation the reason behind #COVID19 pandemic⁉️
◾This claim is #FAKE
◾There is NO relation between 5G and the spread of #Coronavirus
◾The testing of the 5G network has not yet started anywhere in India🔗https://t.co/KrkL24rjbi pic.twitter.com/m6yFoXQpio
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 20, 2021
Earlier, NewsMobile had debunked various other posts related to 5G testing in India, including the one claiming that 5G technology used on cellular phones for the Internet is responsible for spreading coronavirus. The links to the articles can be found here, here and here.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/04/27/fake-alert-no-5g-is-not-spreading-the-coronavirus/
In conclusion, upon analysing our findings, it can be said that the video and the claim are fake.
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