{"id":23140,"date":"2020-04-07T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/no-who-didnt-issue-protocol-on-lockdown-in-phases-dont-believe-the-fake-whatsapp-forward\/"},"modified":"2020-04-07T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T06:12:42","slug":"no-who-didnt-issue-protocol-on-lockdown-in-phases-dont-believe-the-fake-whatsapp-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=23140","title":{"rendered":"No, WHO didn\u2019t issue protocol on lockdown in phases. Don\u2019t believe the fake WhatsApp forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The fake message claims that WHO has issued protocol on lockdown in phases to fight against the deadly coronavirus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/m.hindustantimes.com\/it-s-viral\/no-who-didn-t-issue-protocol-on-lockdown-in-phases-don-t-believe-the-fake-whatsapp-forward\/story-EsJ3yDbPMK2fb6ZmVEQ0QK_amp.html\">HT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Fake-WHO-Rumor-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23139\"\/><figcaption>The false claim is being circulated online. (Screengrab)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>India is presently under lockdown for 21 days and people are anxious about what the government\u2019s next decision will be once this period ends. Amid this, a viral message attributed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) is being widely circulated, especially on WhatsApp. It claims that WHO has issued a protocol on lockdown in phases to fight against the deadly coronavirus. The misleading claim, however, is fake. Don\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The false message claims that the lockdown will be extend till June to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. It even chalks out a timeline of the proposed extended lockdown along with relaxation periods in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the message which is being shared by many, especially on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHO took to Twitter to rubbish the claim. \u201cMessages being circulated on social media as WHO protocol for lockdown are baseless and FAKE. WHO does NOT have any protocols for lockdowns,\u201d they tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Messages being circulated on social media as WHO protocol for lockdown are baseless and FAKE.<br>WHO does NOT have any protocols for lockdowns. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoHFW_INDIA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoHFW_INDIA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIB_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PIB_India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNinIndia<\/a><\/p>&mdash; World Health Organization South-East Asia (@WHOSEARO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHOSEARO\/status\/1246804406705614848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PIB\u2019s Fact Check handle also tweeted that the claim is fake and mentioned the post by WHO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a><br><br>Claim : A so-called circular, said to be from WHO is floating around on whatsapp, saying that it has announced a lockdown schedule.<br><br>Fact : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WHO<\/a> has already tweeted it as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fake<\/a> \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GB7rQ0t9lJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/GB7rQ0t9lJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3M5RBLoA3i\">pic.twitter.com\/3M5RBLoA3i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1246808682806923265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you come across any message about WHO\u2019s protocol for lockdown in phases, don\u2019t believe it or forward it. It\u2019s fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fake message claims that WHO has issued protocol on lockdown in phases to fight against the deadly coronavirus HT India is presently under lockdown for 21 days and people are anxious about what the government\u2019s next decision will be once this period ends. Amid this, a viral message attributed to the World Health Organisation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}