Tag Archives: COVID-19

Sep 16, 2020

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ex-education usec inulit ang viral na maling pahayag na ‘tapyas’ sa bilang ng namatay sa US dahil sa COVID-19

Ikinalat ni dating education undersecretary at kandidato para senador noong 2019 Antonio "Butch" Valdes ang maling impormasyon na "inamin sa wakas" ng United States (US) Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) at World Health Organization (WHO) na ang bilang ng namatay sa US dahil sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ay mas mababa kaysa sa orihinal na naiulat.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ex-education usec inulit ang viral na maling pahayag na ‘tapyas’ sa bilang ng namatay sa US dahil sa COVID-19

Sep 16, 2020

FACT CHECK: Ex-education usec echoes viral false claim on ‘cut’ in US COVID-19 deaths

Former Education undersecretary and 2019 senatorial aspirant Antonio “Butch” Valdes propagated an incorrect claim about the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) “finally admitting” that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) death count in the U.S. is way less than was originally reported.

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FACT CHECK: Ex-education usec echoes viral false claim on ‘cut’ in US COVID-19 deaths

Sep 7, 2020

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang ‘bagong’ coronavirus strain, ipinaliwanag

Habang ang Pilipinas ay patuloy na nakikipaglaban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bumandera kamakailan ang balita tungkol sa isang bagong viral mutation na sinasabing “nangingibabaw sa buong mundo" at "mas nakakahawa" kaysa sa orihinal (na virus).

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang ‘bagong’ coronavirus strain, ipinaliwanag

Sep 7, 2020

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The ‘new’ coronavirus strain, explained

While the Philippines continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), news about a new viral mutation that is said to be “globally dominant” and “more infectious” than the original have recently made the headlines.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The ‘new’ coronavirus strain, explained

Aug 29, 2020

Southeast Asia: Six Tips for Unpacking COVID-19 Numbers

Seven months since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Southeast Asia and five months since lockdowns of various kinds and names became part of everyone’s lives, a good number of people are experiencing fatigue over figures, an overload of statistics, around the pandemic.

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Southeast Asia: Six Tips for Unpacking COVID-19 Numbers

Aug 28, 2020

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

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.

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

Aug 14, 2020

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang COVID-19 bakuna mula sa Russia, sa konteksto

Maaaring maantala ang hangad ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na, pagdating ng Disyembre, wala nang COVID-19 sa Pilipinas sa tulong ng novel coronavirus vaccine ng Russia.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang COVID-19 bakuna mula sa Russia, sa konteksto

Aug 14, 2020

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The COVID-19 vaccine from Russia, in context

President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish that, by December, the Philippines will be COVID 19-free with the help of Russia’s novel coronavirus vaccine may be delayed.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The COVID-19 vaccine from Russia, in context

Aug 13, 2020

Did Putin really offer Duterte Russian Anti- COVID-19 vaccine for free?

President Duterte prides himself of being a man true to his words. Although VERA Files fact checks belie this, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and see to it that he makes good his promise made during his late-night briefing last Aug. 11 to be the first to be tested with the Russian vaccine.

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Did Putin really offer Duterte Russian Anti- COVID-19 vaccine for free?

Aug 11, 2020

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo did not say motorcycle riders should sit back-to-back

She in fact disowned the quote in a post on Aug. 4.

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