Scripps urgent care in San Diego is on lockdown, two people with the new coronavirus are isolated.
The claim originated from a post (archived here) published by Juan Davis on January 27, 2020. It opened:, Users on social media saw this:, , The post is not accurate. In response to the concerns being shared on social media, Scripps Health posted these tweets:, Hi Alma, Scripps Urgent Care in Vista never stopped seeing patients and remains open. While one person was screened for coronavirus yesterday, within 30 minutes we were able to determine that they had the flu., , Hi Jefferson, we want to assure you that there are no coronavirus cases at our Chula Vista facility nor anywhere else at Scripps., As of January 28, 2020, according to The New York Times, at least 106 deaths in China had been blamed on the current coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, about a week ago. There are five current cases of the virus in the United States, and all of the patients recently traveled from Wuhan., We have written other stories about fake news related to the coronavirus outbreak. Here are our most recent articles:, , Lead Stories is working with the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 fact-checkers who are fighting misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the alliance here., "Ryan Cooper, a staff writer and fact-checker for Lead Stories, is the former Director of Programming at CNN International, where he helped shape the networks daily newscasts broadcast to more than 280 million households around the world. He was based at the networks Los Angeles Bureau. There, he managed the team responsible for a three-hour nightly program,\xa0Newsroom LA.", "Formerly, he worked at the headquarters in Atlanta, and he spent four years at the London bureau. An award-winning producer, Cooper oversaw the networks Emmy Award-winning coverage of the uprising in Egypt in 2011. He also served as a supervising producer during much of the networks live reporting on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006, for which CNN received an Edward R. Murrow Award.", Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n      inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n      \n      Spotted something? Let us know!., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n        inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n        \n        Spotted something? Let us know!.
Fake News: Scripps Urgent Care NOT On Lockdown; Two People In Clinics Do NOT Have Coronavirus | Lead Stories