Two warned over spreading false Covid-19 treatment on social media

Two social media users in Can Tho and HCM City have been warned after promoting earthworms as a Covid-19 treatment.

Two social media users in Can Tho and HCM City have been warned after promoting earthworms as a Covid-19 treatment.

  

24-year-old woman in Can Tho Province warned over spreading false information about Covid-19 treatment

The police in Can Tho said that they had asked a local to the police station on September 8. The 24-year-old woman has two Facebook accounts under the names of Duong Duong and Kim Ngan. These accounts often wrote and shared posts about using earthworms to treat Covid-19 as advertised Covid-19 medicines.

The woman admitted to uploading and sharing false information. She has taken down the posts.

On September 2, Nguyen Duc Tho, chief inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications, said they asked the owner of Angela Phuong Trinh account to the police station to work after writing various posts about earthworms as Covid-19 treatment. Angela Phuong Trinh is a famous actress and fashion model in the city.

She took down the posts on September 19 after receiving requests from the authorities.

The Department of Information and Communications said they had worked with other agencies to deal with false advertisements and information that can cause harm to the users' health.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that there was no scientific evidence that earthworms could be used to treat Covid-19. The authorities will also deal with celebrities who spread this information.