VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming 80% of 18M social amelioration beneficiaries have received aid NOT TRUE
The quote card is fake. The DSWD secretary made no such statement on April 2.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sarah Elago ‘quote’ telling people to ‘sneeze with eyes open’ NOT TRUE
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jackie Chan DID NOT say Duterte is an ‘exemplary president’
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Limang bagay na dapat mong malaman tungkol sa COVID-19 mass testing
Sinimulan ng gobyerno ang mass testing sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isang buwan matapos ideklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang state of public health emergency at kalaunan nagpataw ang isang lockdown sa buong Luzon upang mapigilan ang pagkalat ng virus na nagdala ng sakit sa 4,932 katao at pumatay sa 315, kabilang ang 21 mga doktor, base sa rekord ng Abril 13, alas-4 ng hapon.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Five things you should know about the COVID-19 mass testing
The government started mass testing on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) one month after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of public health emergency and later imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to stop the rampaging virus that has afflicted 4,932 persons and claimed the lives of 315, including 21 doctors, as of 4 p.m. on April 13.
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Old’ news report claiming 2 novels ‘predicted’ COVID-19 pandemic MISLEADING
The story dubiously points out alleged similarities between COVID-19 and the viruses described in the books.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim that COVID-19 is airborne needs context; wrong in saying China has highest death toll
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.
Stigma around COVID-19 similar to discrimination facing people with HIV, say doctors
MANILA -- Leila, a logistics nurse in a government hospital, went to pick up donations from a private company after her duty. When she arrived there, she saw the boxes stacked neatly at the lobby ready for pick up.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says he’s been warning of ‘deadly’ COVID-19 from the beginning. Not quite.
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.
