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There are no official records nor any report from news organizations of Galvez making such a remark.

Coconut oil, a major Philippine export, is gaining renewed attention for its potential antiviral properties against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has already claimed more than 2.4 million lives globally.

Health experts and authorities say a direct link between the drug and ITP remains uncertain.

Responding to critics who said the Philippines is falling behind the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drive in Asia, Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque mistakenly claimed that only three countries in the region have started their vaccination rollouts as of Feb. 2.

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

In his social media accounts on Feb. 1, former senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV cited incorrect data on Israel’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program. His claim on the vaccination status of the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs context.

President Rodrigo Duterte insinuated that the recent deaths of elderly persons in Norway were caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech. This needs context.

Health experts said Skelton’s case is “likely a coincidence and not caused by the vaccine itself.”

In promoting the use of copper-infused face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shared in her Facebook status on Jan. 6 a “forwarded message” that cited faulty reasoning on the ability of copper to “disinfect virus and bacteria.”

The presidential spokesperson on his official FB page also decried the quote card as "fake."

Its publisher said the post is “a joke” and a “satire.”

But vaccine administrators were advised to weigh carefully if frail and terminally ill patients should still be given the jab.

At least three government agencies are conducting separate investigations into the use of smuggled and unauthorized vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the Presidential Security Group (PSG) when no vaccine had yet been approved, even for emergency use, in the country at the time.

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.

The fake report stated that the claim is based on “findings from a University of California study” conducted on 1,500 men. Not true.