Claim: A WhatsApp forward has gone viral which claimed that a vaccine for coronavirus has been discovered. The viral forward also claims that the treatment for coronavirus is mentioned in an Intermediate Zoology book. The viral forward reads
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: the message is misleading as treatments mentioned in the viral page of the book are not the treatments for coronavirus but are treatments for the common cold.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42