Misinformation surges amid India’s Covid-19 calamity

One of the scores of messages on Covid-19 getting circulated on WhatsApp is seen on a mobile phone in Dharmsala, India. Misinformation about the coronavirus is surging in India as the death toll from Covid-19 rises. Fueled by anguish, distrust and political polarisation, the claims are further compounding India’s crisis. — AP

NEW DELHI: The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure Covid-19.

“If you practice what I am about to say with faith, you will be free of corona in five seconds,” says the man, dressed in traditional religious clothing. “This one lemon will protect you from the virus like a vaccine.”