Digit Eye Fact Checker of News & Social Media

Covaxin, developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, has been given to crores of Indians and the demand for it often outstripped the supply. However, a claim has been made recently on social media that the Covid vaccine contains cow calf serum and that calves are slaughtered to manufacture the vaccine. In addition, the social media post has also shared an RTI ...

A viral message similar to the one debunked widely on Italy conducting an autopsy on a Covid victim and finding thrombosis as the main reason for covid deaths has again started making rounds with the same claim but attributed to Singapore this time. The viral message on WhatsApp claimed that Singapore conducted an autopsy on a COVID-19 patient to find ...

A message purportedly made by virologist and Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier that the vaccination leads to more deaths has been making the rounds with a claim that those vaccinated will die in two years. The message is going viral on WhatsApp and a link to Lifesitenews adds authenticity to the claim. is included. Here’s the message we received on Whatsapp: ...

A 21 point advisory allegedly issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is going viral on social media. The advisory has been shared numerous times. The list of pointers includes dos and dont’s regarding travel, ordering food, hygiene etiquettes, etc. Out of the 21 points, some of them include – Do not eat outside food for 1 year ...

In a 0:30 minute-long Kannada video, a woman claims that patients are being killed every day to make beds vacant and available to people. She claims that “7 people are killed everyday” to make beds available. The news package has two visuals to substantiate the claims made by the woman. In one of the visuals, an elderly man is allegedly ...

Various posts on social media claim that if a private sector employee passes away due to COVID-19, then the nominee is eligible to receive up to Rs.7 lakh under the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme. The post and similar other similar posts have been shared numerous times on social media. According to the message, the scheme provides three benefits ...

Among the plethora of home remedies available online to prevent COVID, the latest remedy states that applying coconut oil in the nose four times a day can prevent COVID-19. Most home remedies do not have concrete scientific proof to back their claims and this is no exception. The claim has been shared multiple times on social media. Digiteye India also ...

A viral WhatsApp forward claims that the armed forces have started a COVID care centre near Mumbai Airport. The message claims that the “1000-bedded Covid Care Hospital is very close to Domestic Airport Terminal 1, Santacruz” in Mumbai. The centre will be manned “by critical care specialists, pulmonologists, doctors and nursing officers of the Indian Armed Forces.” The address is ...

A WhatsApp forward claims that the Disaster Management Act has been implemented across the country as a result of which no citizen is allowed to post any update or share any coronavirus related message. The message reads as such: Mandate for All: Tonight 12 (midnight) onwards Disaster Management Act has been implemented across the country. According to this update, apart ...

Among the plethora of home remedies going viral on social media for COVID-19 patients, this remedy claims to increase oxygen levels simply by inhaling this concoction. The now-viral home remedy asks patients to take “a cube of camphor with a spoon of carom seeds tied in a piece of cotton cloth”. The remedy asks the patient to smell the mixture ...