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FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photo, families of roadside shopkeepers ring bell and clap to cheer health workers during 14-hour "people's curfew" called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to stem the rising coronavirus caseload, in New Delhi, India. 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. The WhatsApp messaging app was flooded with claims that “cosmic level sound waves” generated by a collective cheer Modi had asked the country of 1.3 billion to participate in last Sunday had weakened the virus in India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photo, families of roadside shopkeepers ring bell and clap to cheer health workers during 14-hour "people's curfew" called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to stem the rising coronavirus caseload, in New Delhi, India. 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. The WhatsApp messaging ap…

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.