Lemon with warm water eliminates covid -19. From the screenshots calls on people to know how they know are infected with corona virus symptoms and encourage them to spread information on how lemon water can eliminates.
There are also numerous variations of this post. One such post found on Face book page and whatsapp group calls on people to “have your daily dose of lemon water, because the virus is “pH sensitive” which helps to eliminate the virus at the beginning before reaching to the lungs.
One such method of misinformation is the copy-and-paste of posts from anonymous or misidentified experts.
From Ministry of Health Kenya advices Kenyans If someone have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing should seek medical attention and call 719 in advance.
This story was produced by Fridah Okachi at Mtaani newsroom in partnership with Code for Africa’s iLAB data journalism programme, with support from Deutsche Welle Akademie’.’