Claim: A long message attributed to Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire, encouraging people to reflect positively on their lives during the coronavirus outbreak has been shared in multiple countries. The message also made it to national newspaper websites and the Instagram account of Naomi Campbell, the supermodel.
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: the viral letter is a hoax and has been falsely attributed to bill gates.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42