Drinking two spoonfuls of palm oil daily protects against coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.
“Simple solution to corona virus revealed,” claims a message posted on Facebook in Nigeria., “As deadly as Corona Virus is, it has been confirmed and tested that Palm oil can stop the spread of the virus.”, It attributes the information to the World Health Organization., “Experts have advised, we drink two spoonful of palm oil every morning to avoid the continuous spread of the virus,” it says., “Plz help share and spread this important message urgently to your families, friends and love ones. Your message can save millions of lives.”, The post has been shared more than 2,600 times, attracting nearly 400,000 views., Does drinking palm oil stop the spread of the coronavirus that causes the disease Covid-19?, “There are currently no drugs licensed for the treatment or prevention of Covid-19,” the World Health Organization says on the myth-busters page of its online coronavirus information., And in answer to the question, “Is there a vaccine, drug or treatment for Covid-19?”, the WHO says: “Not yet. To date, there is no vaccine and no specific antiviral medicines against Covid-19. However, people, particularly those with serious illness, may need to be hospitalised so that they can receive life-saving treatment for complications.”, No, palm oil will not stop the coronavirus. – Mary Alexander, , "A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”. What should you do? First, dont delete!", Click on our guide for the steps you should follow., Publishers guide, Africa Check is a partner in Facebook’s third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media., The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it., You can also help identify false information on Facebook. This guide explains how., Africa Check is working with the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 fact-checkers fighting misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic., Learn more about the alliance here., , © Copyright Africa Check 2020. Read our republishing guidelines.\xa0You may reproduce this piece or content from it for the purpose of reporting and/or discussing news and current events. This is subject to: Crediting Africa Check in the byline, keeping all hyperlinks to the sources used and adding this sentence at the end of your publication: “This report was written by Africa Check, a non-partisan fact-checking organisation. View the original piece on their website", with a link back to this page., We depend on voluntary donations to run this site. Please help us to keep public figures accountable by supporting the project., Find out more, For democracy to function, public figures need to be held to account for what they say. The claims they make need to be checked, openly and impartially. Africa Check is an independent, non-partisan organisation which assesses claims made in the public arena using journalistic skills and evidence drawn from the latest online tools, readers, public sources and experts, sorting fact from fiction and publishing the results., , Get a weekly dose of facts, straight to your inbox.
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