Viral video showing dead bodies of Coronavirus victims in Italy is actually from sci-fi series

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A video clip is being shared on the internet where dead bodies can be seen lying on the floor and being dumped at a place. The claims are being made that the video is from Coronavirus hit Italy.
“Dead bodies of Corona victims..in Italy ..country” the caption read.


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FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the video and found that it has been taken from a TV series.
We extracted the keyframes on the video through InVid tool and put them through Reverse Image Search, and we found a YouTube link to the same video clip on Yandex.
“PANDEMIC 2007 coronavirus falling dead bodies scene (پوری فلم کا لنک نیچے ہے ) full movie link ” the title read.
We then ran a search on YouTube with relevant keywords and found that the scene is from a TV series named Pandemic, released in 2007. We also found that parts of the series is available on YouTube.

The viral clip has been taken from the 1:01:52 mark of the above video.

The above information proves that the viral clip is part of a fictional series and is not real.

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