Fake news of 'killer worms' in bananas travels across continents to Malaysia


KUALA LUMPUR: Fake news of "killer worms" in bananas has travelled across several continents and caused a stir, especially among chat groups and social media accounts of Malaysian Internet users.

A one-minute 29-second video has been circulating, claiming that bananas in Malaysia contain helicobacter, a microaerophilic, spiral bacterium usually found in the stomach.

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