Tag: COVID19

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  Health

  Fact Check: No, WHO didn’t say coronavirus is losing potency; viral post falsely attributed to World Health Organization

  Urvashi Kapoor June 23, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds across social media claims that World Health Organization WHO has conducted a study and has found that COVID 19 is losing potency It further claims...

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  Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake post showing 10-second self-check test for COVID-19 Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor June 23, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A couple of months ago Vishvas News debunked a post purporting to show a self check test for COVID 19 The post has resurfaced on social media It claims that a simple ‘self...

• Society

  Fact Check: No, Samsung Is Not Giving Free Phones To Students During Coronavirus Pandemic For Online Studies

  Urvashi Kapoor June 22, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News  A viral post on social media claims that Samsung is giving free phones to students for online studies during the coronavirus pandemic Vishvas News investigated and found...

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  Quick Fact Check: Fake Post Attributed to WHO Resurfaces; World Health Organization didn’t Warn Against Consuming Bakery Products

  Urvashi Kapoor June 22, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Fake news is on the rise with increasing cases of coronavirus in India A viral post that Vishvas News debunked earlier has resurfaced on social media The post claims that...

• Health

  Fact Check: Delhi Police did not release this guideline regarding Coronavirus, viral post is fake

  Ashish Maharishi June 18, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News  A post getting viral on social media shows a fake guideline regarding COVID 19 that is attributed to Delhi Police The guideline gives information about masks as well as...

• Society

  Fact Check: Video Of Patients Dancing At COVID-19 Quarantine Centre Is Not From Mumbai, But Tripura

  Urvashi Kapoor June 18, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral video on social media shows some people dancing and singing in a quarantine center The video is claimed to be from the Badminton Court of the National Sports Club...

• Health

  Fact Check: Post claiming Gates Foundation planting microchips during COVID19 swab testing is fake

  Urvashi Kapoor June 17, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that there is no coronavirus pandemic and it is just a coverup of Gates foundation It further claims that the Gates Foundation is...

• Health

  Fact Check: Coronavirus does not affect people with ‘O+’ blood type is misleading

  Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel June 15, 2020

  A viral post on social media claims that coronavirus does not affect people with ‘O’ blood type Vishvas News spotted the post first on Facebook We found it on a page Namma Vadaloor with 2 189...

• Society

  Fact Check: No, Facebook is not using your pictures and posts in lawsuits against it amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Urvashi Kapoor June 13, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on Facebook claims that amid the Covid 19 pandemic Facebook has changed its privacy rules allowing it to use posts shared by users in lawsuits against them...

• Health

  Fact Check: Basil is not the main ingredient in Hydroxychloroquine

  Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel June 11, 2020

  A viral post on social media claims that Tulsi basil is the main ingredient in hydroxychloroquine Vishvas news first spotted it on a facebook group named Aathi Agathiar The group has 36 000...

• Health

  Fact Check: New type of coronavirus infection Clade A13-I is not spreading in India

  Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel June 10, 2020

  New Delhi Team Vishvas A viral post on social media claims that the Health Ministry has issued a warning against a new type of Coronavirus infection Clade A13 I in India Vishvas spotted the post...

• Health

  Fact Check: Post claiming hot steam and tea cure coronavirus is fake

  Urvashi Kapoor June 10, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that Chinese are not taking any medicine or vaccine of coronavirus and are treating themselves at their homes with heat They take hot...

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  Fact Check: Drinking pigeon membrane slurry won’t cure coronavirus, fake post going viral

  Urvashi Kapoor June 7, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that the slurry made of pigeon membrane can cure coronavirus Vishvas News investigated and found that the viral post is...

• Health

  Fact Check: Dr. Uma Kumar of AIIMS did not give this interview on Coronavirus, viral post is fake

  Ashish Maharishi June 5, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News From Facebook to WhatsApp a fake interview of Uma Kumar senior doctor of AIIMS hospital is going viral It is being claimed that the doctor gave an interview regarding the...

• Health

  Fact Check: Post claiming UV Rays From Sunlight Kill Coronavirus Is Misleading

  Urvashi Kapoor June 4, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that ultraviolet rays from the sun can kill coronavirus Vishvas News investigated and found that the viral post is misleading...

• Society

  Fact Check: Viral video is not from Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Hospital, Delhi but from a hospital in Mumbai

  Abhishek Parashar June 2, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News  Amid an increasing number of coronavirus infected patients a video of a hospital ward is going viral on social media In the video it has been claimed that it is from...

• Health

  Fact-check: Claims made in this viral message about Coronavirus in Italy are false

  Ankita Deshkar June 2, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Since a last few weeks one message in particular is doing rounds on WhatsApp groups and also on various Facebook pages This one lengthy message makes several claims...