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Category: COVID-19 Watch

  • Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO data supporting Omicron XBB variant is ‘5x’ deadlier than Delta

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 10, 2023 11:18 PM

    With the rise of COVID-19 cases overseas, a text post is spreading among Filipinos on social media and private messaging platforms claiming the new COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 is more lethal […]

    COVID-19

  • Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Galvez claim that PH hit vaxx target needs context

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 01, 2022 3:47 PM

    Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., head of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, claimed that the government had achieved its goal of fully vaccinating 70 million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term on June 30. This claim needs context.

    CARLITO GALVEZ JR., covid-19 vaccination

  • VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming DOH to bloat COVID cases before elections NOT TRUE
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK FB FC PHL Vote PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming DOH to bloat COVID cases before elections NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  May 08, 2022 11:11 AM

    Netizens on Facebook (FB) and Twitter have falsely claimed that the Department of Health (DOH) will artificially increase the number of COVID-19 cases in the country two days before the […]

    COVID-19, Department of Health, PHLVOTE2022

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    Categories Arts & Culture COVID-19 Watch

    Health frontliner’s verses on the pandemic hit reader where they matter

    By Elizabeth Lolarga  |  Apr 09, 2022 4:21 PM

    Early in the pages of Dr. Joseph Adrian L. Buensalido’s Mikrobyong Maliit, Pandemyang Pasakit: Ang Tinulang Salaysay ng Pandemyang COVID-19, there is a certificate attesting that the holder or owner of the slim volume of 72 pages has lived and survived during the time of the pandemic. In Filipino it states that “I am happy I went past this grim part of history. Many died and did not see the dawn on their native land.”

    COVID-19, Dr. Joseph Adrian Buensalido

  • thumbnail_j-montemayor-covid-vaccine.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Montemayor’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines expose people to infection is BASELESS

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 25, 2022 8:58 PM

    Presidential candidate Jose “Joey” Montemayor’s claim that the COVID-19 vaccine has a “reverse” effect and exposes people to infection has no basis.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine

  • VERA Files Health Comics launch
    Categories COVID-19 Watch Health Learning Corner News

    VERA Files Komiks handbook to address worsening health disinformation in PH

    By Bryan Manalang  |  Feb 25, 2022 12:28 PM

    Medical experts on Thursday said the Philippines has grown into a prime hub for health mis- and disinformation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    COVID19PH, Meedan

  • thumbnail-vffc-no-vaccinetest-no-vote.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK News PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Vaccination cards, negative COVID-19 tests NOT required to vote in 2022 polls

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 10, 2022 10:38 AM

    Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, misinformation that voters need to present a vaccination card or a negative RT-PCR test to be able to vote on May 9 has been making the rounds on social media.

    covid-19PH, Elections 2022, vaccination cards

  • thumbnail-vffc-acosta-covid-vaxx.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PAO chief Acosta wrongly claims vaccinated individuals ‘don’t have immunity’ vs COVID-19

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 03, 2022 12:23 PM

    Vaccinated individuals do develop immunity against the COVID-19 virus. This protection, however, is not perfect, as with other health interventions, according to the World Health Organization.

    COVID-19 vaccine, covid-19PH, immunity, Persida Acosta

  • thumbnail_covid-19_pandemic-end.jpg
    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

  • 012422 NEEDS CONTEXT Duterte two vaccine doses_WEB copy.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Clip of Duterte saying addt’l COVID-19 vaccine doses are ‘dangerous’ NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 25, 2022 8:24 PM

    Malacañang has noted that “clear evidence” shows the jabs provide added protection against the novel coronavirus.

    booster shot, COVID-19, vaccine

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