The fake message claimed that an autopsy report from Singapore showed that COVID-19 is not a virus but a bacteria. reads the message, covid A “bacterium that has been exposed to radiation and causes human death by coagulation in the blood.”
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The message also said that Singapore government officials have changed the treatment protocol after the autopsy and started treating COVID-19 patients with aspirin.
PIB Fact Check, the fact check agency of the Government of India, has denied the authenticity of this message and urged people not to believe it.
“A message is being forwarded on #WhatsApp which claims that #COVID19 is a bacteria that can be cured with Aspirin. #PIBFactCheck This claim is #FAKE! #COVID19 is a virus, not a bacteria, it is called Aspirin Like cannot be cured with anticoagulants,” the tweet reads.
This message has been in circulation for a long time.
In June 2021, the Singapore government issued a statement on this. “A false message attributed to the Ministry of Health, Singapore is being circulated on the messaging platform. It claimed that following the autopsy of a COVID-19 patient, Singapore found that COVID-19 does not exist as a virus, Rather as a “bacterium that has been exposed to radiation and causes human death by coagulation in the blood.” The allegations are all false and the message does not originate from the Ministry of Health, Singapore. An earlier version of this message, citing countries such as Italy and Russia, rather than Singapore, has been exposed as untrue,” it had said.
A lot of false and misleading information is being circulated on social media regarding COVID-19, its symptoms, its effects and vaccination. The government is putting up relevant information for COVID-19 disease control in a timely manner. One can find government protocols and reports on official websites.
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