Emmerdale fans were aghast after spotting the ITV soap "predicted" coronavirus. Viewers went into meltdown on Twitter as they noticed a reference made to the Covid-19 pandemic in a pre-recorded episode which aired tonight.
Charity Dingle was shown "stockpiling" hand sanitiser and cleaning products, leading to fans believing the programme. The character was trying to stop Sarah from hugging Vanessa, who is battling cancer.
Fans flooded Twitter, convinced the soap "predicted" the pandemic. One said: "Why do the soaps keep accidentally predicting Coronavirus?" While another wrote: "Charity predicting the Coronavirus outbreak before it's even happened!" "That's weird about hand sanitizer and not picking up infections...
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