Menu
Inshorts
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts
Fake claim stating Paracetamol contains Machupo virus resurfaces
short by Swati Dubey / on Saturday, 28 December, 2024
A false claim that Paracetamol-500 tablets contain the Machupo virus has resurfaced on social media. Similar claims appeared previously but were dismissed by health authorities. India's PIB Fact-Check Unit had labelled the claim as "fake" earlier this year. while Singapore's Health Sciences Authority called it a "hoax" in 2017, confirming the virus cannot be transmitted through paracetamol.
read more at The Quint