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Tag: CoronaVirusFacts

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bakulaw, Bakulam, Bakuna: Ang mga anyo ng COVID-19 vaccine disinformation noong 2021

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol and Blanch Marie Ancla  |  Dec 17, 2021 12:51 PM

    Sinimulan ng administrasyong Duterte noong Pebrero ang pagpaplantsa ng mga deal para makakuha ng mga bakuna laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at mabakunahan ang 70 milyong Pilipino na nasa hustong gulang at maabot ang “herd immunity” sa katapusan ng taon.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID-19, COVID19PH, VACCINES

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch Editor's Pick FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bakulaw, Bakulam, Bakuna: The forms that COVID-19 vaccine disinformation took in 2021

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol and Blanch Marie Ancla  |  Dec 17, 2021 12:35 PM

    As the Philippines ramped up coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, VERA Files fact-checked more than double of online disinformation about the vaccines, targeting safety and side effects.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19, COVID19PH, VACCINES

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming ‘constant sex kills coronavirus’ FAKE

    By VERA Files  |  May 27, 2021 1:28 PM

    There is no existing evidence proving that frequent sex rids one’s body of the SARS-CoV-2. Sexual intercourse is also not listed as one of the possible treatments for COVID-19, as per the World Health Organization (WHO).

    coronavirus, CoronaVirusFacts, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats false claim that vaccines are made from human body

    By VERA FILES  |  Aug 28, 2020 6:20 PM

    In his latest public address on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte again wrongly claimed that vaccines are made from the human body.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID-19, Duterte, vaccine

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque kinontra si Año sa COVID house-to-house operation, sinisisi mga kritiko ng gobyerno

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 15, 2020 10:26 PM

    Sinasabing pakana na naman ng mga kritiko laban sa gobyerno, sinalungat ni Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque ang pahayag ni Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año nang sinabi niyang walang mangyayaring “operasyon sa bahay-bahay” upang hanapin ang mga taong nahawaan ng coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19).

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19PH, Harry Roque

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque contradicts Año on COVID house-to-house operations, blames gov’t critics

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 15, 2020 8:10 PM

    Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año when he said there will be no “house-to-house” operations to look for individuals infected with COVID-19.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19PH, Harry Roque

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte sinabing nagbabala siya tungkol sa ‘nakamamatay’ na COVID-19 mula pa sa simula. Hindi naman.

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 09, 2020 9:29 PM

    Sa gitna tumataas na bilang ng mga pasyente na nahawahan ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19), nanawagan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga Pilipino na sundin ang mga direktiba ng gobyerno at manatili sa bahay upang maiwasan ang lalong pagkalat ng virus.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19PH, Duterte

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says he’s been warning of ‘deadly’ COVID-19 from the beginning. Not quite.

    By VERA FILES  |  Apr 09, 2020 8:08 PM

    President Duterte downplayed the gravity of the outbreak and likened the nature of the novel coronavirus to others that are either treatable or have already been contained in a press briefing two months ago.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID-19, COVID19PH, Duterte

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mali ang pahayag na nag utos ng lockdown kontra COVID-19 ang lahat ng mga bansa

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 27, 2020 4:47 PM

    Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang bawat bansa sa buong mundo ay nag utos ng lockdown bilang tugon sa dumadaming mga kaso ng Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID-19, covid-19PH, Duterte

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wrongly claims all countries imposed lockdown to counter COVID-19

    By VERA FILES  |  Mar 27, 2020 3:44 PM

    President Duterte erroneously claimed that every single country in the world has imposed a lockdown in response to the rising cases of COVID-19.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19, COVID19PH, Duterte

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