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In Madagascar, the spread of coronavirus misinformation has not been confined to social media: even the country's leader is spruiking an unproven herbal remedy.Īccording to the BBC, President Andry Rajoelina officially launched the herbal tea by claiming it had already cured two people in the country, prompting people to queue for their supply of the free beverage. Madagascar's president spruiks a herbal remedy
It is manufactured and the virus is completely artificial," the posts allege Professor Honjo said.įact checkers at AFP were unable to find any record of Professor Honjo making the attributed remarks, and the professor himself issued a statement saying he was "greatly saddened that my name and that of Kyoto University have been used to spread false accusations and misinformation". "I have done 40 years of research on animals and viruses. The posts quote Professor Honjo, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2018, as saying that the virus could not be natural, as it spreads in both hot and cold climates. Social media posts claiming that Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo said the novel coronavirus was "not natural" and "manufactured in China" are false, according to fact checkers at AAP, AFP and Snopes.
Professor Honjo did not make the claims quoted in this Facebook post. No, Nobel Prize winner Tasuku Honjo did not say the coronavirus is 'not natural'
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Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world.Stay up-to-date on the coronavirus outbreak We've also turned our attention to Madagascar, where the country's president has been spruiking a herbal tea, and to France, where protective gowns that disintegrated when used had apparently been imported from China. We begin today's edition by setting the record straight on Professor Honjo's stance on the source of the novel coronavirus. Many readers have asked us about comments supposedly made by Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo.
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Read our full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic CoronaCheck #14 You can read the latest edition below, and subscribe to have the next newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Fake news and misinformation seem to be spreading as fast and as far as the virus itself, infecting our newsfeeds and timelines at this crucial moment.įor this reason, RMIT ABC Fact Check has launched CoronaCheck, an email newsletter in which we will bring you the latest in fact-checking from around the world in relation to the coronavirus. As the world grapples with an unprecedented health crisis, it is now more important than ever to ensure that the information we share is accurate and fact-based.