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“COVID-19 warning message by Dr. Leong Hoe Nam, taken from his interview in Mandarin”
Social media posts Claim dated 22 Oct 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The message was not given by Dr. Leong Hoe Nam. Dr. Leong Hoe Nam is an infectious diseases specialist from the Rophi Clinic at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore. Rophi Clinic, via Facebook, had confirmed that the information in the post is ‘fake news’

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 22 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 November 2021, 14 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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