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“The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accepted an Indian student’s home remedy for the cure of COVID-19”
Social media posts Claim dated 12 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

There is no authentic information that an Indian student from Pondicherry University has found a cure for COVID-19. WHO website clearly states that, to date, there are medicines that can prevent or treat COVID-19

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 12 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 July 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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