VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts float CONSPIRACY theory on 5G, RFID link to COVID-19
It is false and has been debunked by experts.
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It is false and has been debunked by experts.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark about horses developing immunity through the injection of blood from deceased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients needs context.
It makes two wrong assertions; that vaccines are the same as medicines, and that inhaling salt water steam is a cure.
The international scientific community is moving at a record speed to develop the first-ever coronavirus vaccine as it races against time with nearly four million people already infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The antiviral drug is not a miracle cure for the novel coronavirus.
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As the pharmaceutical industry races to find treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Duterte has guaranteed that he will lift quarantine measures in the country once a “cure” is out in the market.
The drug remains to be unregistered at the FDA as of April 28.
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He made no mention of it in his hour-long address.