WHO launches COVID-19 health alert service with Facebook and WhatsApp - Updates from Friday's WHO briefing
With more than 2,42,000 positive cases of the highly infectious novel coronavirus globally and 200 confirmed cases in India alone, it is important to stay armed with the facts, now more than ever. Sadly, we live in an era where social media and instant messaging platforms have made it really easy to pass on fake news and myths.
Since these instant messaging platforms like WhatsApp come with a plethora of information in the form of forwards and group chats, it becomes really difficult to segregate the truth from a hoax.
