‘Keep your throat moist’ advisory message on Coronavirus was not issued by the Health Ministry. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 29, 2020
An advisory message is being widely shared on social media with a claim that it was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The message advises people to keep their throats moist to prevent the attack of Coronavirus. Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post.
Ministry of Health’s emergency notification asks people to keep their throat moist to prevent the Coronavirus attack.
Fact: The advisory message has not been issued by the Health Ministry. Also, in the precautions released by the Ministry, there is nothing related to keeping the throat moist. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When search about the authenticity of the message, it was found that PIB (Press Information Bureau) India has already tweeted that the advisory being circulated on social media and has categorically mentioned that such an advisory has not been issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Fake emergency notification from @MoHFW_INDIA is doing rounds on social media
No such notification has been issued !!!
For prevention against #Coronavirus and travel advisory, pls see:https://t.co/ybsKk8c5tChttps://t.co/qnK1JCVhmI
For Queries on #nCoV : Call +91-11-23978046 pic.twitter.com/UuRhm1ZiA8
Also, in the preventive measures and travel advisories released by the Health Ministry, there is nothing related to keeping the throat moist.
Some preventive measures against Novel #coronavirus :#ncov2020#HealthForAll@PMOIndia @drharshvardhan @AshwiniKChoubey @PIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/4TvVOB3P12
A list of Homeopathic and Unani measures for Coronavirus prevention was released by the Ministry of AYUSH, which can be seen here.
According to WHO, as on 28January 2019, a total of 4,593 confirmed 2019-nCoV cases have been reported globally (none in India).
To sum it up, ‘Keep your throat moist’ advisory message on Coronavirus was not issued by the Health Ministry.
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