Several social media posts claiming that world leaders fell ill after attending the BRICS Summit in India have been flagged as misleading by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Fact Check.
The posts made claims about South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with some suggesting that the leaders had suffered food poisoning after attending the summit.
MEA Fact Check posted a warning on X, calling the claims “misleading” and cautioning people against such posts.
One post shared by the MEA Fact Check was from First Squawk. It claimed that the BBC had reported that several world leaders, including Ramaphosa, had fallen ill after the BRICS Summit in India. It also said reports about Xi Jinping were unconfirmed.
Misleading!
We caution against such malicious posts on social media platforms! pic.twitter.com/YvsNEQ3Jy2
— MEA FactCheck (@MEAFactCheck) September 17, 2026
Another post by unusual_whales made a similar claim and referred to the BBC while saying that Ramaphosa and reportedly Xi had fallen ill after attending the summit.
MEA Fact Check flagged these claims as misleading.
Some social media users went further and linked the alleged illness to food served at the BRICS Summit.
An account named Raw Egg Nationalist shared a video with a caption claiming that catering at the summit had apparently caused the deaths of Xi Jinping and Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Several social media posts claiming that world leaders fell ill after attending the BRICS Summit in India have been flagged as misleading by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Fact Check. The ...