Claim: A misleading forward that the genome of the virus affecting Indians is mutated is doing rounds on WhatsApp. The claim said that "there is variation in mortality and infection rate based upon the genome of the virus. Host immunity is also playing a role."
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: many known virologists and epidemiologists including india's clinician-scientist and executive director of thsti, dr. gangandeep kang have retaliated to this unscientific and unproven message. in her tweet, she said, "this is appalling and misleading . the 2 *shared* indian sequences are from 2 wuhan returnees end-jan. they are nearly identical to sequenced strains from wuhan. nothing special here, move on. trust the right scientists".
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42