Thousands if not millions of people are being exposed to false health warnings and quack treatment methods.
Fake alerts and posts circulating on social media, often claiming to be from the WHO or a national health ministry, include bogus suggestions that garlic, sesame oil and vitamin C can kill this particular strand of coronavirus.
A Chinese citizen undergoing testing for coronavirus while passing through a temporary corridor opened at a border checkpoint between Blagoveshchensk and Heihe. Temporary corridors are opened to return Russian and Chinese citizens to their countries as the Russian government orders to close the border with China as a measure to prevent the coronavirus spread. All the people passing through the temporary corridor are tested for the virus.
Fake alerts and posts circulating on social media, often claiming to be from the WHO or a national health ministry, include bogus suggestions that garlic, sesame oil and vitamin C can kill this particular strand of coronavirus, first identified in the city of Wuhan, China in late December. for spreading fake news about the virus — one post shared on Facebook, falsely claiming to be from a government department, showed a fake picture of the virus and read in Malay: "This is an image of one of many 'Allah's armies' sent to attack China in the form of coronavirus. This is the actual image of the virus as seen under a very powerful microscope." The post was shared more than 700 times.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Coronavirus fears prompt hoaxes and misinformationCoronavirus fears prompt hoaxes and misinformation
Read more »
No, You Won't Catch The New Coronavirus Via Packages Or Mail From ChinaExperts in infectious disease say viruses like the novel coronavirus don't survive long on surfaces. And there's no evidence from similar outbreaks that anyone got infected by handling a package.
Read more »
Doctors in China Are Starting Human Trials for a Coronavirus TreatmentThe coronavirus so far has no specific treatments or vaccines
Read more »
China accuses U.S. of scaremongering over coronavirusBeijing on Monday accused the United States of spreading fear over a coronavirus outbreak by pulling out its nationals and restricting travel instead of offering significant aid
Read more »
2nd person-to-person transmission of coronavirus reported in US; 1st death confirmed outside ChinaLATEST: Two more Americans, a husband and wife, were confirmed to have the coronavirus late Sunday in the second person-to-person transmission in the U.S. and the 10th and 11th cases in the country, respectively.
Read more »