Tag: World Health Organization

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  Viral

  Fact Check: No, WHO Did Not Predict 87% Cancer Rate in India from Milk Adulteration by 2025

  Sharad Prakash Asthana October 1, 2024

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post circulating on social media falsely claims that the World Health Organization WHO has predicted that 87 of people in India will develop cancer by 2025 as a...

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  Viral

  Fact Check: This Job Advert Is Falsely Attributed To World Health Organization (WHO)

  Urvashi Kapoor May 4, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post received by Vishvas news on its Whatsapp Chatbot claims that World Health Organization WHO is offering jobs to people during the coronavirus pandemic As per the...

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  In-Depth: Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation and Countering Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy

  Urvashi Kapoor April 7, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News  Amidst the highly contagious wave of COVID 19 India launched the massive coronavirus vaccination drive in January 2021 The government continues to scale the nationwide...

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  Quick Fact Check: Fake Post Claiming WHO Listed Out 7 Brain Damaging Habits Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor March 14, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post has resurfaced on social media claiming that World Health Organization WHO has laid down the 7 biggest brain damaging habits The image also has the logo of World...

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  Fact Check: This Isn’t A Cash Giveaway From WHO; Viral Post Is Fake

  Urvashi Kapoor February 1, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News received a post on its Whatsapp tipline for fact check The post claims that World Health Organization WHO is giving cash to the public The message is also...

• Health

  Fact Check: WHO Director-General Said He Was Identified As Contact Of COVID-19 Positive Person, Not Tested Coronavirus Positive

  Urvashi Kapoor November 12, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that the World Health Organization’s WHO director general said he had tested positive for COVID 19 When Vishvas News investigated we...

• Health

  Fact Check: Neither the people in the video are WHO representatives nor are the claims made by them true

  Urvashi Kapoor November 7, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on Twitter claims that WHO has taken a U turn and now says that Coronavirus infected patients neither needs to be isolated nor quarantined nor needs social...

• Health

  Fact Check: No, WHO Didn’t List Out 7 Brain Damaging Habits; Viral Post Falsely Attributed To World Health Organization

  Urvashi Kapoor October 16, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News An image doing rounds on social media claims that World Health Organization WHO has laid down the 7 biggest brain damaging habits The image also has the logo of World...

• Health

  Fact Check: WHO clarifies remarks after it said coronavirus transmission by asymptomatic people is ‘very rare’; viral video is old and misleading

  Urvashi Kapoor September 15, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A video of is doing rounds on social media in which Dr Maria Van Kerkhove an infectious disease epidemiologist and the technical lead on COVID 19 WHO Health Emergencies...

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  Fact Check: Outdated screenshot on usage of masks by WHO shared as recent, viral post is misleading

  Urvashi Kapoor September 7, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media shows a screenshot with the logo of World Health Organization WHO The post claims that as per WHO masks should only be used by...

• Health

  Quick Fact Check: Fake Post About Indian Student Finding COVID-19 Cure And Its Acceptance By WHO Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor September 4, 2020

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

• Viral

  Fact Check: Viral job advert attributed to World Health Organization (WHO) is fake

  Urvashi Kapoor July 4, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A message doing rounds on social media claims that World Health Organization WHO is offering work from home jobs to people It further states that this job doesn’t require...

• 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...