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“WHO approved a home remedy found by an ex-student of St. Xavier’s High School in Mumbai”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Apr 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

There is no authentic information that proves an Indian student from St. Xavier’s High School in Mumbai, found a cure for the COVID-19 and that this cure was accepted by the WHO. Apart from vaccination, WHO has not approved any medicine or home remedy to cure COVID-19

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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