VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘talking newborn’ saying hard-boiled eggs a cure for COVID-19 NOT TRUE
WHO refuted the claim of eggs as a COVID-19 cure.
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WHO refuted the claim of eggs as a COVID-19 cure.
President Rodrigo Duterte made two inaccurate claims about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in his previous late night speeches: that the novel coronavirus is airborne, and that China has registered the highest death toll.
Reports on the matter do not say the kits are supplied from China.
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The translated story excludes details in the original article that provide perspective
Aware of the limited number of testing kits for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), high government officials still hurried to have themselves tested even if they did not show any of the symptoms of infection. Hence, they earned public criticism for bypassing protocols and kept people asking who should undergo testing and who should heal at home.
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After the Department of Health (DOH) reported the Philippines’ first case of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) local transmission on March 6, the number of persons infected by the disease has already climbed to 140 as of March 15.
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