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CHEd to students: Stop sharing fake news on virus

Students wearing face masks

Wearing disposable face masks, a group of students walk along Velez St. in downtown Cagayan de Oro Friday (Jan. 31). The wearing of protective masks has suddenly become the norm here following reports that a Chinese national in the country has tested positive for novel coronavirus infection. Jigger J. Jerusalem, Inquirer Mindanao

The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has advised students, faculty and staff from higher education institutions to stop reading, liking and sharing fake news as well as unverified and misleading information from social media platforms regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

It issued its own guidelines for the prevention, control and mitigation of COVID-19 and encouraged campuses to create a “trustworthy portal of information.”

—Mariejo S. Ramos

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