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Mar 21, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
#Cover | Over the past two months, millions in #India received WhatsApp messages asking to stay off eggs and chicken as they could be infected with #coronavirus. Was there any degree of truth to the rumors at all? Surprisingly, yes. But only because of the broad nomenclature.
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Coronavirus is a group of viruses known to cause respiratory ailments. The ongoing pandemic is of #Covid19, caused by a new type of #coronavirus previously not known to medical experts. But many use the two interchangeably.