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Article Keyword: COVID-19 Existence and Virulence

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What health experts know so far about ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang alam ng mga health expert sa ngayon tungkol sa ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 28, 2023 9:02 PM

    Ano ang Arcturus subvariant? Dapat ba itong maging dahilan ng pag-aalala?

    Arcturus Omicron, COVID-19

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What health experts know so far about ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Fact Sheet Health NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What health experts know so far about ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 28, 2023 9:02 PM

    Getting updated vaccination “remains to be the most effective and best long-term protection” against the COVID-19 virus, according to the Department of Health, even as a new subvariant of Omicron was detected in the country earlier this month. What is the Arcturus subvariant? Should it be a cause for concern?

    Arcturus Omicron, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Fact Sheet Health News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 31, 2022 8:34 PM

    Two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Duterte administration has signaled the country’s “shift” from a “pandemic paradigm” to learning how to live with the virus in 2022.

    COVID-19

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Sa gitna ng mga bagong variant ng COVID-19 virus, narito ang maaaring gawin para maiwasan ng Pilipinas ang isa pang surge

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 02, 2021 7:27 PM

    Nagbago ang novel coronavirus nang higit sa 10,000 beses mula nang magsimula ang COVID-19 pandemic.

    COVID-19, virus variants

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Amid new COVID-19 virus variants, here’s how the Philippines can prevent another surge

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 02, 2021 7:03 PM

    The novel coronavirus has changed more than 10,000 times since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

    COVID-19, virus variants

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Microchips, quantum dots and other coronavirus conspiracy theories

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 18, 2021 8:38 AM

    ​Apart from COVID-19 itself, there is a battle being waged against vaccine-related misinformation.

    Bill Gates, conspiracy theory, COVID-19, vaccine

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes FALSE claim on COVID-19 yet again

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 18, 2021 12:09 PM

    The statement is not an admission that COVID-19 does not exist, nor that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, was not scientifically isolated.

    COVID-19, Ireland, sars-cov-2

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes INCORRECT claim about US health agency report on SARS-CoV-2

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 24, 2020 10:08 AM

    A month-old video of Facebook page Lynn Channel echoes another false claim about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    COVID-19, false claim, Lynn Channel

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Buwanang ‘mutation’ ng COVID-19 online mis- at disinformation

    By Merinette Retona at Enrico Berdos  |  Dec 16, 2020 6:43 PM

    Hindi lamang sakit at kamatayan sa milyun-milyon tao sa buong mundo ang dala ng COVID-19 pandemic. Hatid din nito ang labis-labis na mali at hindi totoong impormasyon tungkol sa sakit, na naging mas mapinsala dahil sa kanilang pagiging viral sa social media.

    COVID-19, disinformation, misinformation, online disinformation, online misinformation, yearender

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Monthly ‘mutations’ of COVID-19 online mis- and disinformation

    By Merinette Retona and Enrico Berdos  |  Dec 16, 2020 5:10 PM

    The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought upon sickness and death to millions around the world. It has also led to the overabundance of mis- and disinformation related to the disease, made even more damaging by their virality on social media.

    #VFYearender2020, COVID-19, disinformation, misinformation, online disinformation, online misinformation, yearender

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