CORONAVIRUS

Digiteye India received a message forward which stated that the owner of Joyalukkas jewelry group — Joy Alukkas — is dead. The message, which is making rounds on social media, claims that the owner of the group is dead because of the coronavirus but his body could not be brought back to India because of the current lockdown in the ...

A message which claimed that drinking hot water will help contain corona virus is making rounds on social media. Citing China’s Wuhan recovery, it said many people have recovered from coronavirus without going to hospital. It was shared on WhatsApp and here’s a message Digiteye India received. The message is an audio file in Telugu and the person claims that ...

Digiteye India received an image with a misleading statement that Kurnool (AP) MLA Hafiz Khan has asked a nurse, who spoke to others about the Nizamuddin religious congregation Markaz as the origin of spreading coronavirus in India, to touch the feet of a Muslim cleric in repentance. See the WhatsApp image here. The mentioned Vishwabharati Medical College has been designated ...

A WhatsApp message is making the rounds since the morning of Tuesday, April 21,  stating that there was a webinar held by the IMF and Raghuram Rajan, former RBI governor. It has shown points from showing how Indian economy will take the shape once the coronavirus is contained. Here’s the WhatsApp message:   The so-called takeaway points clearly point out ...

Digiteye India received a WhatsApp image suggesting that the image of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Founation in Tamil Nadu was not as per the Coronavirus guidelines. It carried a caption that said: “150 foreigners attended Sadhguru’s event in March now all are under quarantine at Isha yoga foundation. 1000+ cases confirmed in TN, but media is only afterTablighi ...

WhatsApp messages claiming the BCG vaccine prevents coronavirus infection are making the rounds and many calimed that Indians are usually given the vaccine after birth and hence, they are immune to coronavirus. Google search has shown a spike in search for BCG in the last few days as shown in its trends below: The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has been ...

An audio clip attributed to Dr Devi Shetty, Founder and Chairman of Narayana Hridayalaya (NH), is going viral on social media. The audio message says, people need not to get tested for Coronavirus till the ninth day of showing symptoms and not to wear masks as the medical staff need them utmost. The audio message has been shared widely on ...

A message on WhatsApp is making the rounds claiming that the Centre has approached the Supreme Court seeking censor on all coronavirus posts in social media platforms. The message claimed that under the Disaster Management Act (DMA), that has been implemented across the country, nobody except the government can update and post coronavirus related information on social media. It has warned ...

In the name of an advisory from the global body, World Health Organization (WHO), is going viral on social media for over five days. The message claimed that India has been following a four-phase lockdown advice given by WHO to control the spread of coronavirus. Here’s the message received on WhatsApp: It’s been shared widely on Facebook and Twitter too. Using ...

A video of an old fruit vendor seen licking his finger while arranging oranges on his cart has gone viral on WhatsAppa and other social media platforms at a time when the whole country is gripped in coronavirus pandemic. The message on Twitter by a user reads: “People should decide whom u want to buy things from. Watch this fruit ...