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[–] moderator99 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Reuters Fact Check Team (another Snopes-like debunking fraud no doubt) claims that the guy is making this all up.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-circuit-board/false-claim-video-shows-5g-telecoms-equipment-stamped-with-cov-19-ready-to-be-installed-into-a-mast-idUSKBN22R35M

It is not clear whether the subject in the video is actually a telecoms engineer, but the equipment he is holding is not 5G telecoms kit. The circuit board was actually taken from a Virgin Media box for cable television - the casing of which can be seen on the bonnet of the van as the camera pans at the end of the footage.

It's not clear if Reuters is a legitimate source of factual information, but they pretend to be.

I don't see any casing or van in the video, so I don't know about that claim, but I do wonder how they can be so sure that that's the case and just write off the fact that the circuit board has COV-19 stamped on it.

Can anyone verify that it's from a Virgin Media box? Did Reuters bother to?