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Tag: WHO

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online posts on adverse reactions in WHO’s VigiBase NEED CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2021 3:19 PM

    The data is insufficient to establish a causal link between the vaccine and the reported adverse reactions.

    COVID-19, vaccine, VigiBase, WHO

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    Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    Look Who’s Talking

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 29, 2021 4:08 PM

    What’s the real score? Here’s one take from our listening post.

    COP9, DFA, DOH, Teddy Locsin Jr, WHO, WHO FCTC

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Psychic witch’ FALSELY claims COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, turn people into robots

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 18, 2021 4:52 PM

    There are no microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine. “It is impossible to place a microchip inside your body when getting vaccinated,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 17 in a FB post.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, covid-19PH, microchip, WHO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘WHO’ list of killer foods NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 28, 2021 11:49 PM

    The WHO has denied that the list was theirs.

    Food, obesity, WHO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of DOH-WHO press briefing NOT RECENT

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 12, 2021 2:21 PM

    The image is a year old.

    COVID-19, DOH, WHO

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch News

    Managing ‘infodemic’ on COVID-19 equally important as vaccines, PPEs ─ WHO

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Dec 17, 2020 1:13 PM

    Over 71 million cases and 1.6 million deaths due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been recorded around the world. And while vaccines, lockdowns and health protocols are at the forefront of the pandemic response, equally important is infodemic management, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

    COVID-19, infodemic, WHO

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    Categories News The Chit Estella Road Safety Page

    Road traffic deaths equivalent to a COVID-19 pandemic, says WHO chief

    By Klaire Ting  |  Nov 14, 2020 10:47 AM

    A total of 1.35 million people die in road crashes around the world annually, and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus describes this as “the equivalent of a COVID-19 pandemic every single year.”

    road crashes, WHO, World Day of Remembrance

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming WHO ‘reversed’ its advice on lockdowns FALSE

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 14, 2020 9:50 AM

    A WHO official has clarified that they have not made any changes in their stance.

    COVID19, LOCKDOWN, WHO

  • VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, WHO did NOT say the COVID-19 virus is airborne for 8 hours
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, WHO did NOT say the COVID-19 virus is airborne for 8 hours

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 26, 2020 5:33 PM

    No study proving the virus could stay in the air for eight hours was mentioned by the WHO in any of its releases.

    COVID-19, WHO

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE ‘WHO protocol’ on lockdown in India reaches PH

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 23, 2020 1:24 AM

    The WHO has called the viral post “baseless and fake.”

    COVID-19, WHO

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