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In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, photo, Ringhuila Zimik, 26, smiles as she speaks about the rumor of medicine being sprayed from the sky to contain a new virus, in Shangshak village, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. "We all heard about it. I didn't know whether to believe it or not but stayed indoors anyway," she said. As India and other South Asian nations brace for the likely spread of the virus, they are facing another battle: reams of misinformation, misleading rumors and false claims. This battle has been hard to contain as social media continues to be rife with bogus remedies to tales of magic cure and potentially dangerous medical advice. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)

In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, photo, Ringhuila Zimik, 26, smiles as she speaks about the rumor of medicine being sprayed from the sky to contain a new virus, in Shangshak village, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. "We all heard about it. I didn't know whether to believe it or not but stayed indoors anyway," she said. As India and other South Asian nations brace for the likely spread of the virus, they are facing another battle: reams of misinformation,…

March 27, 2020

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Rumors hampering fight against coronavirus in South Asia
March 27, 2020 10:16 p.m.

Rumors hampering fight against coronavirus in South Asia

NEW DELHI (AP) — The message started with an outlandish claim: The coronavirus was retreating in India because of “cosmic-level sound waves” created by a collective cheer citizens had been asked to join.