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FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photo, people clap from balconies in a show of appreciation to health care workers during a 14-hour "people's curfew" called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to stem the rising coronavirus caseload, at a Chawl in Mumbai, 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/Rafiq Maqbool)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photo, people clap from balconies in a show of appreciation to health care workers during a 14-hour "people's curfew" called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to stem the rising coronavirus caseload, at a Chawl in Mumbai, 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 me…

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.