Tag: COVID19

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  Health

  Fact Check: Viral video Suggesting Self-Check for COVID-19 By Holding Your Breath Is Fake

  Urvashi Kapoor August 10, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News received a video on its Whatsapp number to fact check The video shows a moving dot on the square The text shared with the video claims that if you hold your...

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  Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake Post Claiming WHO Warns Against Consuming Cabbage To Prevent COVID-19 Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor August 7, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post that has resurfaced on social media claims that WHO has warned against consuming cabbage to prevent COVID 19 Vishvas News investigated and found that the viral post...

• Health

  Fact Check: Inaccurate information in the viral graphics related to coronavirus is not issued by UNICEF; viral post is misleading

  Urvashi Kapoor August 6, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post attributed to UNICEF United Nations International Children Education Fund claims that coronavirus does not settle in air but is grounded It further claims...

• Health

  Fact Check: Neither the viral post on Coronavirus (COVID-19) is from UNICEF nor it is accurate

  Urvashi Kapoor August 5, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral message claiming to be from UNICEF United Nations International Children Education Fund is going viral on social media The message with a UNICEF name states that...

• Health

  Fact Check: No, COVID-19 doesn’t have its own pH value, experts advice boosting immunity to fight against coronavirus

  Urvashi Kapoor August 4, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that the pH for coronavirus varies from 55 to 85 It further states that this is based on research from Journal of Virology April 1991...

• Health

  Fact Check: Old Pictures of a flooded hospital in Bihar shared as recent with a COVID-19 spin

  Abhishek Parashar July 26, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Many states of India witnessed heavy rains recently In this context a picture is going viral on social media in which the hospital ward can be seen flooded with rain water...

• Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake Post Claiming Masks Can Be Sanitized In Microwave Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor July 22, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post has resurfaced on social media in which it has been claimed that fabric masks can be sanitized in a microwave Vishvas News had earlier fact checked this claim and...

• Health

  Fact Check: Video Of Mahavir Cancer Institute In Patna Shared With Fake Claims

  Abhishek Parashar July 22, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News In a video going viral on social media the crowd of patients can be seen inside the hospital It has been claimed that the video is of a hospital in Delhi Vishvas News...

• Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake post claiming to be a picture of the coronavirus-infected patient’s throat resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor July 17, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A photo has resurfaced on social media in which it is claimed that the throat in the image is that of a COVID 19 infected patient When Vishvas News investigated we found...

• Health

  Fact Check: Viral post about Indian Student finding COVID-19 cure and its acceptance by WHO is fake

  Urvashi Kapoor July 14, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that a student from Pondicherry University has found a home remedy for COVID 19 which is for the very first time has been accepted by...

• Society

  Fact Check: People shown in video are Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad’s Staff, not COVID-19 infected patients

  Abhishek Parashar July 9, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Amid increasing cases of coronavirus in India a video is going viral in which two people can be seen sitting on the floor wearing PPE kits It is being claimed that the...

• Health

  Fact Check: Consuming alcohol beverages or vodka will not reduce risk of COVID-19 infection

  Urvashi Kapoor July 9, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News An image going viral on social media claims that consuming alcohol particularly in the form of Vodka can reduce the risk of coronavirus Vishvas News investigated and...

• Politics

  Fact Check: VP of this company did not participate in COVID-19 clinical trials being conducted by his firm, viral claim is fake

  Sapthagiri Gopagoni July 9, 2020

  A photo is going viral on social media mainly on WhatsApp where Bharat Biotech’s Vice President Dr VK Srinivas can be seen sitting with another medial professional The post is claiming that Dr VK...

• Health

  Fact Check: No, Wearing Mask To Protect From COVID-19 Doesn’t Cause Fungal Lung Infection; Fake Claim Going Viral

  Urvashi Kapoor July 8, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media claims that wearing mask causes fungal infection and people are checking into emergency rooms due to this Vishvas News investigated and...

• Health

  Fact Check: Old WHO Warning of Nipah Virus Outbreak in India Viral As Recent

  Urvashi Kapoor June 30, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News  A recently viral Facebook post claims that theWorld Health Organization WHO alerts for Nipah outbreak in India a virus more lethal than COVID 19 and Ebola Vishvas News...

• Health

  Fact Check: This decoction cannot cure COVID-19 in 24 hours; however it can help in boosting immunity

  Urvashi Kapoor June 29, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on social media claims that drinking corona kashayam made of turmeric clove lemon and ginger boiled in 1 litre water can cure coronavirus within 24...

• Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake message falsely attributed to UNICEF claiming 26-27 degrees temperature kill coronavirus resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor June 25, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post has resurfaced on social media claiming that coronavirus dies at a temperature above 26 – 27 degrees Celcius The post further claims that drinking hot water and sun...