Archive - COVID-19 Watch Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 COVID-19 Watch Healthy diet campaign gets boost from House bill The campaign to promote healthy food alternatives to reduce the risk of heart disease amid the coronavirus pandemic gathered steam with the filing of a House bill aimed at regulating trans- fat in food products in the Philippines. By Klaire Ting | Aug 4, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos on ‘approval’ of Fabunan Antiviral drug in PH, Indonesia ERRONEOUS The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia told VERA Files “there hasn’t been anything granted” to FAI in the Southeast Asian country. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gargling water with salt, vinegar DOES NOT ‘remove’ coronavirus This has been debunked by the Department of Health. It has also been fact-checked in six continents. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages, users MISLEAD with unrelated photos on bubonic plague It included images of arms with burns and boils that have nothing to do with the disease. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Briones NEVER said ‘if we die, we die’ on classes opening The versions changed the Education secretary's original statement. By VERA Files | Jul 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, WHO did NOT say the COVID-19 virus is airborne for 8 hours No study proving the virus could stay in the air for eight hours was mentioned by the WHO in any of its releases. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2020 | 4-minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Michael V. is ALIVE The GMA Network talent has debunked the hoax himself. By VERA Files | Jul 21, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens revive FALSE ‘Inday Sara’ statement vs LGUs on COVID-19 response This post is not true. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Jul 16, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral FB post on list of ‘9-day’ COVID-19 symptoms, preventive measures NOT TRUE COVID-19 symptoms are not the same for everyone. By VERA Files | Jul 16, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque contradicts Año on COVID house-to-house operations, blames gov’t critics Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año when he said there will be no “house-to-house” operations to look for individuals infected with COVID-19. By VERA FILES | Jul 15, 2020 | 6-minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizen says COVID-19 ‘isn’t real,’ recites string of FALSE claims The netizen repeatedly mentioned conspiracy theories surrounding the disease that have been debunked by multiple fact checkers around the world. By VERA Files | Jul 12, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pneumonic plague, not bubonic, can spread via droplets Unless it has reached a person’s lungs, the bubonic plague does not spread from person to person. By VERA Files | Jul 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: WhatsApp message on COVID-19 symptoms MISLEADING The advisory is not found anywhere on AIIMS’ website nor YouTube channel. By VERA Files | Jul 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: A high-alkaline diet DOES NOT ‘defeat’ COVID-19 Viruses do not have pH levels. Alkalizing food will not prevent or cure COVID-19. By VERA Files | Jul 8, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque makes false claim to justify swimming with dolphins In justifying his recent “side trip” to the Ocean Adventure park in Subic, Zambales, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque falsely claimed he did not violate any health and quarantine regulations. By VERA FILES | Jul 8, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Google and Apple’s COVID-19 notifications system is OPTIONAL It does not track or “sense” potential COVID-19 carriers automatically. By VERA Files | Jul 7, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actor Chuck Norris did NOT die of COVID-19 This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Jul 3, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trillanes DID NOT ask Pinoys to overthrow the government This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 15 Older posts
