Amid the coronavirus scare, there is a lot being said about it and also a lot of misinformation is being spread. In a recent, a Whatsapp forward is doing rounds about government spraying medicine in the air to kill coronavirus.
The viral post reads, “Hello I kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow at 5 am… As there will be spraying medicine in the air in order to kill the COVID-19!! Share this information to all your friends, relatives and your families. Thank you! This is for people in Delhi. Entire city. Helicopter spraying,” this message is now being shared. Besides Delhi, it is also in circulation with different city names – namely Bengaluru and Chandigarh.
Check out the post:
Fact Check:
Government of India’s press information bureau’s (PIB) Fact Check Twitter handle debunked the claim.
They took to Twitter to combat this misinformation and wrote “NO such action has been planned out by the Indian Government.” The agency further added, “get your facts from trusted sources. Do not amplify fake news.”
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Amidst #Coronavirusoutbreak, misinformation on CV Vaccine gas spread out through Airplanes is circulating on social media
NO such action has been planned out by the Indian Government.Get your facts from trusted sources. Do not amplify #fakenews! pic.twitter.com/8F5ksKKBEm
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 17, 2020
Final Verdict:
Thereby the claim of government spraying medicine to kill coronavirus is FALSE.
Another fake news related to coronavirus. They pointed out that a press release by the Malaysian government on restricted movement is being falsely shared with the claim that it’s from India.
