Ministry of health’s emergency notified the public about the new coronavirus outbreak. (Jan. 29)
Claim:  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 mediaNo such notification has been issued !!!For prevention against #Coronavirus and travel advisory, pls see:https://t.co/ybsKk8c5tChttps://t.co/qnK1JCVhmIFor 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 28th January 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., Did you watch our new video in the DECODE series?, Comments are closed., FACTLY is one of the well known Data Journalism/Public Information portals in India. Each news story on FACTLY is backed by factual evidence/data from official sources that is either available in the public domain or that is collated/gathered/collected using tools such as the Right to Information (RTI).
‘Keep your throat moist’ advisory message on Coronavirus was not issued by the Health Ministry. - FACTLY