Radio Taiwan International
Date:10 February, 2020
By: Leslie Liao

Authorities have been trying to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak by keeping tabs on potential cases. But they might need to be on the lookout for another problem: misinformation.

You’d think that the novel coronavirus outbreak is giving people enough to worry about. But there’s an outbreak of another sort that’s playing on public fears: an outbreak of misinformation.

This post circulating on messaging apps claims that people can fend off novel coronavirus as long as they drink hot water. Experts say that that’s too good to be true.