UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that misinfo-demic about COVID-19 on various social media platforms such as WhatsApp is proliferating falsehoods and announced a new UN initiative to flood the internet with facts and science to counter the poison of misinformation that is putting more lives at risk.
In a message on Tuesday, the UN secretary-general expressed grave concern over the global misinfo-demic about the novel coronavirus that is spreading harmful health advice and snake-oil solutions.
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Source: ‘Misinfo-demic’ about COVID-19 proliferating falsehoods, putting more lives at risk: Guterres – The Hindu
