
Viral claims on Social Media: A video viral on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube show a shaman curing a novel coronavirus patient in Malaysia.
微友:
— 沉默的力量The power of silence (@2mmbPkM00IJwIUV) March 9, 2020
伊斯兰诈骗集团派出了王牌的马来西亚波莫巫师,
装神弄鬼的用手抓冠状病毒;表演后已感染,目前被隔离等死。 pic.twitter.com/uEyOfuaQIM
News Verification: The video showing the Shaman curing a covid 19 patient in Malaysia is not true. The video has already been available since Oct 2018. COVID 19 was first detected on Nov 2019.
It is true that the deadly virus has taken over 10 thousand death across the world.
COVID-19 has killed more than 21,000 people and infected over 465,000 others worldwide, according to this report from the World Health Organisation on March 27, 2020.
马来西亚王牌Bomoh巫师抓冠状病毒🦠🦠🦠病毒面前,八仙过海,各显神通😂😅🤨🤭🥴😰 pic.twitter.com/jpDRrBhSZM
— 澤讓秋措 (@niepanxinglai) March 9, 2020
The below video posted on Oct, 201 is over a year old and has nothing to do with COVID 19 virus.
微友:
— 沉默的力量The power of silence (@2mmbPkM00IJwIUV) March 9, 2020
伊斯兰诈骗集团派出了王牌的马来西亚波莫巫师,
装神弄鬼的用手抓冠状病毒;表演后已感染,目前被隔离等死。 pic.twitter.com/uEyOfuaQIM