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Tag: 2019 nCoV

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming Chinese people eat babies for ‘good skin’ and caused COVID-19 FALSE and BASELESS, uses old photos OUT OF CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 29, 2020 10:23 AM

    The photos are all over a decade old.

    2019 nCoV, China, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming man infected with COVID-19 ‘spitting’ on grocery items LACKS PROOF

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 29, 2020 9:48 AM

    There’s no proof to confirm whether or not the person has COVID-19.

    2019 nCoV, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story on DOH monitoring people who came in contact with Cebu child ‘with nCoV’ MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 14, 2020 1:17 AM

    It lifted content from CNN Philippines and changed the headline.

    2019 nCoV, COVID-19

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Duque na “mamasa-masang lalamunan” maaaring panlaban sa COVID-19 salungat sa WHO advisory

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 13, 2020 8:29 PM

    Hindi tama ang rekomendasyon ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III na uminom ng maraming tubig at panatilihing basa ng lalamunan bilang proteksyon laban sa new coronavirus.

    2019 nCoV, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duque’s statement that ‘moist throat’ can prevent COVID-19 contradicts WHO advisory

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 13, 2020 7:23 PM

    Health Secretary Francisco Duque III inaccurately recommended that drinking lots of water and keeping one’s throat moist can be a protection against the new coronavirus.

    2019 nCoV, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts saying novel coronavirus is from bats bear FALSE HEADLINE

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 12, 2020 2:22 AM

    The animal source of the 2019-nCoV has not yet been identified.

    2019 nCoV, COVID-19

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Novel coronavirus: Six things you need to know

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 10, 2020 5:59 PM

    As the Duterte government scrambles to cope with the fast-spreading novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Feb. 5 the third confirmed patient in the country: a 60-year-old tourist from Wuhan City, China, the center of the virus outbreak.

    2019 nCoV, novel coronavirus

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Novel coronavirus: Anim na bagay na dapat mong malaman

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 10, 2020 7:39 AM

    Habang nagkukumahog ang gobyernong Duterte upang tugunan ang mabilis na pagkalat ng novel coronavirus o 2019-nCoV, inihayag ng Department of Health (DOH) noong Peb. 5 ang ikatlong kumpirmadong pasyente sa bansa: isang 60 na taong gulang na turista mula sa Wuhan City, China , ang sentro ng pagsiklab ng virus.

    2019 nCoV, novel coronavirus

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Quiboloy DID NOT say he ‘can’t stop’ novel coronavirus because he ‘can’t speak Chinese’

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 04, 2020 10:51 PM

    The televangelist has said no such thing.

    2019 nCoV, Apollo Quiboloy

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘1,000’ Japanese medical volunteers heading to Wuhan NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 04, 2020 10:08 PM

    It’s over 11 years old.

    2019 nCoV, Japan

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