False: Chinese President Celebrates Maskless

Presidents widespread picture not wearing a facemask is old(GettyImages)

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A picture of the Chinese president Xi Jinping not wearing a face mask has been circulating on social media. Users claim that the image shows Jinping celebrating victory over the coronavirus.

AlNaqadpress.net published an article claiming that a maskless Jinping announced the victory of China as it defeated COVID-19.

Twitter user Waleed Hafez tweeted the picture and wrote “The meaning of success” as a caption for the picture.

MasrAlArabia, a verified user on YouTube with 420K subscribers, published a video on their channel claiming that China contained the pandemic and the doctors are dancing.

Their website also published that the Chinese president appeared without a face mask in eight hospitals in Wuhan, announcing to the world that the hospitals in Wuhan are “Corona free” and that COVID-19 is under control.