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Himanshi DahiyaHealth & medicine

WHO has released a protocol for lockdown period to fight coronavirus

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a message circulated on Facebook and WhatsApp that attributed a four-step lockdown schedule to the World Health Organisation: one day, 21 days, 28 days and 15 days. The message also suggested that India’s lockdown timeline had been officially recognised by WHO. The review’s finding was that WHO had not issued such a protocol; the schedule was falsely attributed to the organisation. [S1: “According to the viral message, WHO has prescribed four steps and intervals to impose lockdown.”; “The message insinuates that the lockdown timeline being followed by India has now been officially recognised by WHO.”; “The Quint can confirm that there is no truth to the viral message and it is being falsely attributed to the WHO.”] As evidence, the review reported that WHO itself addressed the circulating messages on Twitter. The quoted post called them “baseless and FAKE” and said that WHO did not have lockdown protocols. The review also explained that lockdown periods vary by country according to how quickly the virus is spreading, rather than following a single global timeline. [S1: “Messages being circulated on social media as WHO protocol for lockdown are baseless and FAKE. WHO does NOT have any protocols for lockdown,”; “The lockdown periods vary from country to country and depend on the rate at which the virus is spreading.”] The review identified a separate source for the message’s proposed schedule: a paper by two Indian-origin researchers at Cambridge. It said that paper proposed lockdowns with periods of relaxation to contain COVID-19 in India. That research proposal was not a WHO-issued protocol, so attributing the schedule to WHO misrepresented its provenance. [S1: “Further, the viral message is based on a paper published by two Indian-origin researchers at Cambridge. The paper proposes lockdown with period of relaxation in between to contain COVID-19 spread in India.”]

สำนักข่าวอิศราHealth & medicine

หลังจากได้เชิญผู้เเทนทุกภาคส่วนหารือร่วมกันถึงมาตรการช่วยเหลือคนกลุ่มนี้ เเละรับข้อเสนอเเนะจากภาคธุรกิจเเละภาคสังคม ได้ข้อสรุปจะต้องดำเนินการตามเเผนเพื่อรับมือกับสถานการณ์ โดยกลุ่มเป้าหมายที่เป็นคนไร้ที่พึ่ง ผู้สูงอายุ เเละเด็ก ขอความร่วมมือ ห้ามเยี่ยมเเละเลี้ยงอาหาร เพื่อลดการเเพร่ระบาด รวมถึงคนไร้บ้านเเละตกงาน จะจัดสถานที่พักชั่วคราวให้ ซึ่งขึ้นอยู่กับเเต่ละจังหวัด

Publisher’s rating: ข่าวจริง