In China, rumors circulated that a new corona variant, XBB, causes abdominal pain and diarrhea, and there was a report that the wind of hoarding was blowing.
The stock market of our pharmaceutical companies also fluctuated.
After the report on the hoarding of Chinese branch medicines, the stock price of a pharmaceutical company that makes branch medicines soared nearly 23% during the day.
So, does XBB really cause severe diarrhea and abdominal pain?
There are also other rumors.
Today, on social media, the story that XBB is 5 times more toxic than the delta mutation, has a high mortality rate, and often turns out to be false even when tested spreads quickly.
Is this also true?
SBS Fact Check Facts Team consulted with five infection medicine experts to confirm the authenticity of the rumors.
More details will be delivered on SBS 8 News in a while.