FACT CHECK: DOH says NO lockdown due to monkeypox
A public advisory on the supposed implementation of a lockdown in the country to contain the rapid transmission of mpox virus is circulating on Facebook. This is false.
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FACT CHECK: NO lockdown in NCR due to ‘Mpox COVID-19’ variant
A Facebook page claims that Metro Manila will be placed under General Community Quarantine starting June 10 due to a so-called "Mpox COVID-19" variant. This is fake.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE infog claims NCR, 4 provinces under GCQ with heightened restrictions
“This announcement is FAKE. The government no longer uses quarantine levels such as ‘GCQ’ in favor of the Alert Level system, the Department of Health (DOH)’s official Facebook page said in a May 13 public advisory.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens MISLEAD with year-old announcement of ECQ extension
Their respective posts rehashed by netizens were all originally published on April 7 last year after the whole Luzon was first put under ECQ as part of the country’s efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pre-pandemic photos of Visayas, Mindanao used to contrast current Luzon lockdown
The photos of people swimming and frolicking on the beach in the central and southern regions are misleading.
Crisis upon crisis: teen pregnancies, child marriages amid the pandemic
Teen pregnancies and child marriages have been pressing concerns in the Philippines but the pandemic and the lockdown intended to curb it aggravated the problems, officials and rights advocates say.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No ‘total lockdown’ in Luzon, entire country
No such announcements have been made by the president nor the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Ang dalawang mukha ng COVID-19 lockdown sa Pilipinas
Sa higit siyam na buwan ng community quarantine sa bansa, binalaan, binigyan ng mga tiket, at inaresto ng mga tagapagpatupad ng batas ang may 598,000 katao, na tinawag nilang "pasaway," dahil sa umano'y paglabag sa quarantine at health protocols na ipinag-utos upang mapigilan ang pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The two faces of COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines
In more than nine months of community quarantine in the country, law enforcers have warned, given tickets to, and arrested about 598,000 persons, whom they call “pasaway,” for allegedly violating quarantine and health protocols meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger abroad amplifies FAKE Canada COVID-19 ‘roadmap’ and FALSE vaccine claims
The "leaked email" that was the source of the information is fabricated. The UK.-based vlogger also made erroneous claims about vaccines and vaccination practices in the U.K.
