It is being claimed through a viral post on social media that a person was declared Corona positive and forcefully admitted to a hospital in Gorai, Mumbai. A few days later, he passed away. The hastiness shown by the hospital to cremate the deceased caused suspicion amongst his relatives and they registered their objections with […]
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Many wrong videos and pictures related to coronavirus are being shared on social media with the aim of spreading panic among people. We found one such video doing the rounds on social media. Through this video, it is being claimed that a coronavirus infected patient is being tortured without treatment outside a hospital in Kanpur. The […]
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A screenshot of a tweet by actor Javed Jaffrey is going viral on social media. The tweet is about the claims made in the viral videos that Muslim fruit and vegetable hawkers are spitting on the fruits and vegetables before selling them. It is also mentioned in that tweet that there is no evidence that […]
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Many videos are being made viral with claims that these videos are from different parts of the country where the people appearing in the videos are trying to spread Coronavirus. Another such video is going viral on social media, claiming that a woman who is believed to be infected with coronavirus has entered Reliance Mall […]
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A video that is going viral on social forums shows a person coughing and sneezing on the floor, police officers can be seen around this person, this video is being shared online with the claim that a police officer in Bihar’s Bhagalpur Central Jail has been infected with Coronavirus. The title of the post reads, […]
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A picture is being shared on social media with the claim that a Muslim boy Rizwan has died after being beaten up by the Uttar Pradesh Tanda police as he went out to buy biscuits and other household items during the lockout. The title of the post reads that “A Muslim boy, Rizwan, was killed […]
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Considering the readiness to fight Coronavirus, various government departments are conducting mass exercises to test their preparedness, videos of these exercises are being shared on social forums by many social users with incorrect details. In this sequence, a video has been spread on social media claiming that the first Coronavirus patient was taken to Central […]
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Many misleading and unrelated videos related to Coronavirus are being spread on social media. Another such video has been circulating on social media. In the video, we can see a policeman coughing and falling on the ground, after which a team of doctors goes to him and treats him carefully. Through this video, it is […]
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Many misleading and inaccurate videos and pictures related to coronavirus are being spread on social media. Some misleading claims about spreading the infection of this virus and the attempt to spread communal hatred among people is also become a new trend on social forums. One such video where 2 policemen are seen beating a person […]
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A video has been found in considerable discussions on social media due to various rumors and misleading claims about coronavirus. A group of policemen are seen in the video killing the people who are running during the blockade. Through this video, it is being claimed that this video is from the city of Ayodhya in […]
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In a 6 minutes and 42 seconds viral audio clip on social media, the speaker calls himself a resident of City Light Area in Surat and appeals to people asking them not buy vegetables from Muslim hawkers. He makes his audio message a communal issue, and claims that the hawkers are selling vegetables at low […]
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In India, the fear of coronavirus has spread so much that these days people have started to view general incidents in context to the COVID19 situation. In the same context, it is being claimed through a viral video on social media that a few currency notes of a coronavirus-infected person were scattered along the road […]
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Social Media users are posting a content attributed to Indian industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata which deals about experts predicting major economic downfall due to coronavirus is circulating on social media. The post allegedly claims to be Ratan Tata’s view on how Indian Economy will bounce back if there is an economic downfall due to […]
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Social media is filled with several misleading and false narratives related to COVID-19. Amidst this we came across a post on social media claiming that government would slash employee pension to by 30%. A website link is attached along with the viral post which leads us to a news published by news.rediff.com. According to the […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21 day nationwide lockdown on the 24th March 2020 to control the Coronavirus situation. Social distancing is one of the major precautions to be followed amidst this pandemic so that there is no community spread. In order to follow social distancing all the movie theatres, restaurants, hotels, malls etc […]
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Social media is filled misleading videos and images related to COVID-19. This pandemic virus has claimed about 72,614 lives as per the situation report published by the WHO on 7th April 2020. USA is one of the major countries to have recorded thousands of people infected with the Novel Coronavirus. According to the WHO Situation […]
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Social media users have flooded the internet by sharing misleading videos of how people are spreading the infection during the COVID-19 outbreak. Amidst this we received a WhatsApp message for Fact Check on our WhatsApp number 9049053770 claiming that the man in the video is spitting into bottles to spread COVID-19. The video shows a […]
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Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the world, India has gone for a complete lockdown for 21 days. Amidst this we found a viral message that claims that all social media group admins are requested to close every group for 2 days. If one fails to do so then they are punishable by the […]
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A video clip showing giant creatures swimming through clear blue water claims to be from Mumbai. A video of a pod of whales swimming is going viral with a claim that they were spotted near Bombay High and was filmed by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees working at the offshore installation. Circulated widely, […]
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India’s PM Narendra Modi announced a 21 day nationwide lockdown on the 24th March 2020 to control the spread of Coronavirus . Now several social media users claim that this lockdown may be extended. Fact Crescendo earlier debunked a similar claim of the lockdown extension till 4th May 2020. Now, a viral post on social […]
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Social Media users have suggested several home remedies to prevent and cure Coronavirus. Amidst this several users on social media claim that Ultraviolet Rays from the sun can kill Coronavirus because melanin in our skin absorbs it. Several social media users have advised people to stand under the sun to prevent or kill the virus. […]
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Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the world, India has gone for a complete lockdown for 21 days. Amidst this we found a viral message that claims that from midnight onwards (no date mentioned), the Disaster Management Act has been implemented across the country, as per which apart from government departments, no other citizen […]
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Social media platforms are filled with misinformation related to COVID-19 that is increasing panic and fear among the common man. On the 24th of March 2020 PM Modi announced a complete lockdown in India for the next 21 days in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease. A viral screenshot of a news […]
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Social Media is flooded with misinformation related to Coronavirus. Amidst this we received a request for a fact check on our WhatsApp number 9049053770. According to the message it claims that Chinese experts have suggested that inhalation of steam from hot water will kill the Coronavirus. The message reads “A Chinese expert assures everybody that […]
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Social media users claim that a viral video showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife in a hospital bed urging people to stay home to avoid ending up seriously ill with COVID-19. A woman patient in the hospital bed says “If anyone is thinking of taking any chances, just take a look at me,” we […]
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In the on-going chaos surrounding COVID-19 social media is filled with a lot of misleading videos and photos related to the virus. One such image which appears to be a screenshot of a popular news channel’s news bulletin which claims that PM Modi has announced closing of internet facilities in India from midnight due to […]
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After the Coronavirus outbreak in India, the country has come together to fight against the virus. Countrieshave been put into lockdown, schools closed, events canceled, factories shuttered, millionstold to workfrom home and emergency funds released. Amidst this we came across a viral message circulating on social media claiming that from 24th March 2020 during lockdown all grocery, milk, chemist, vegetable […]
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In the light of the health emergency concern, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among the citizens of different countries. Amidst this a viral image on social media claims that doctors and nurses in Italy are dying and are lying dead on the ground due to the Coronavirus […]
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Social Media is overflowing with home remedies regarding the cure of Coronavirus. Scientists all over the world are working to develop a vaccine for coronavirus that has already claimed 12784 people and infected almost 3 lakh globally according to the WHO’s situation report on 22 March 2020. Amidst this a post on social media is […]
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After the Coronavirus outbreak in India, the country has come together to fight against the virus. Countries have been put into lockdown, schools closed, events canceled, factories shuttered, millions told to work from home and emergency funds released. Amidst this we came across a viral message circulating on social media claiming that BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) has requested people not to […]
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There has been a situation of panic among the citizens due to the outbreak of COVID-19 amidst which the social media is flooded with hoaxes related to the disease. COVID-19 has claimed 8778 lives until now as per the Situation Report published by the WHO on 19th March 2020. Recently we came across a viral […]
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The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus a pandemic and health emergency on 11th March 2020. The virus has taken about 6606 lives globally until now. On 17th March 2020 we received a scanned copy of the printed edition of a leading english daily, Economic Times which claimed that “WHO has approved anti-malarial drug Chloroquine for the treatment […]
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There has been a situation of panic among the citizens due to the outbreak of COVID-19 amidst which the social media is flooded with hoaxes related to the disease. Recently we came across a viral audio sent to Fact Crescendo on our WhatsApp Number 9049053770 for verification. The audio clip in question is a recording […]
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We received a viral image on our WhatsApp number 9049053770 for Fact Check which claimed that Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as issued an office memorandum declaring compulsory holiday for the states of Maharashtra, Sikkim, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. The viral government office memorandum mention’s that, as a step towards containing the COVID-19 disease […]
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