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  • 2020-03-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Indian health authorities refute myth that juiced vegetables can cure COVID-19 (en)
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  • A post has been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp which claims a regional government in India has recommended that the juice of bitter gourd, a vegetable often used in traditional medicine, is an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The claim is false; Indian authorities dismissed the claim, calling it absolutely false; health experts said there is no evidence the vegetable is an effective remedy for COVID-19. The post was published here on Facebook on March 8, 2020, alongside a photo of a glass of green juice. Below is a screenshot of the misleading post: The post’s Hindi caption translates to English as: Friends the treatment of Coronavirus has been found by Indian scientists, bitter gourd juice will cure within two hours of its consumption. Send this message across all India, this is a matter of life, thank you Bihar Health department. According to the US-based health publication WebMD , bitter gourd is a green vegetable often used in traditional medicine across Asia. India has registered 468 COVID-19 infections as of March 24, 2020, AFP reported here . The government has said it will ground all domestic passenger flights from March 25 in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. More than 700 million people in 30 states and territories have been ordered into complete lockdowns, according to an AFP tally. A similar claim about the benefits of bitter gourd juice were shared in posts here , here and here on Facebook and here and here on Twitter. The claim is false. During a phone conversation with AFP on March 19, 2020, Dr. Naveen Chandra Prasad, the Director in Chief of the Disease Control and Public Health section of Bihar’s Department of said: This message is false, there is no such information issued by Bihar health department nor there is any evidence that bitter gourd juice can cure COVID-19. The Indian government’s Press Information Bureau also issued a statement on Twitter on March 18, 2020, calling the claim absolutely false. #FakeNews alert ! करेले का जूस पीने से #coronavirus के लुप्त हो जाने का दावा झूठा है | #CoronavirusOutbreak पर सटीक जानकारियों को साझा करें और अफवाहों से दूर रहें | pic.twitter.com/w7Ijs34CDY — PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 18, 2020 The Hindi tweet translates to English as: The claim that consumption of bitter gourd juice can cure coronavirus in two hours is absolutely false. Share accurate information about the Coronavirus but stay away from rumours. (en)
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