San Francisco: US President Donald Trump shared several versions of the video ( viral fake video) that went viral with his 84 million followers.
Created by right-wing publication Breitbart, the viral fake video showed people dressed in white lab coats staging a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C, reports CNBC.
They claimed the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is "a cure for COVID-19" and "you don't need a mask" to slow the spread of coronavirus.
By Monday(27 July) night, the video racked up 20 million views on Facebook, according to NBC News.
"This virus has a cure, it's called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. You don't need masks, there is a cure," claimed the video.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already ended the emergency use authorization of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, saying that the drugs were "unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19."
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(Inputs from IANS)
