The first week of 2021 continues to witness mis/ disinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. The Central Drugs and Standards Committee on Sunday approved the restricted emergency use of two COVID-19 vaccines—Covaxin...
...social media platforms shares a similar claim suggesting women to avoid taking the COVID-19 vaccine around their periods. Claim suggesting women not take COVID-19 vaccine 5 days before and after...
...we found that the two are the same. The test kit namely ‘COVID-19 IgM/IgG’ is claimed to be a ‘kit for the qualitative test of COVID-19 antibody by immunochromatography’ by...
...profile on 20 June. https://twitter.com/IndianCERT/status/1274396249517522945?s=20 News organisations reported on CERT-In’s COVID-19 related phishing attack campaign advisory as well. https://scroll.in/latest/965264/centre-warns-of-massive-phishing-campaign-mimicking-government-communication-on-covid-19 However, CERT-In did not mention in their advisory who was behind...
...because the new COVID-Omicron XBB variant of the coronavirus is different, deadly and not easy to detect properly:- Symptoms of the new virus COVID-Omicron XBB are as follows:- 1. No...
...Hoaxbusters section on the Indian Scientists’ Response to COVID-19 website debunks steam inhalation as COVID-19 treatment On the other hand, a 2015 study published by the Spanish Pediatrics Association takes...
Almost three years since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic, COVID denial posts are still frequent on social media. One such post, carrying the image of a “COVID/Influenza A&B”...
Recently claims of people gaining magnetic power after taking a COVID-19 vaccination have gone viral on social media platforms. In one such case, a man from Udupi claimed that his...
...is off to an early start in the European region as concerns over Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) rise and COVID-19 is still being a threat. According to WHO, “COVID-19 case...
News outlets such as The Hindu, The New Indian Express, and others claimed that the COVID-19 patients in Gujarat are being segregated on the basis of religion at Ahmedabad Civil...
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