Fact Check: Did WHO say it may enter homes & remove Coronavirus positive cases by force?

Claim: WHO official says that y may have to enter homes and remove family members infected by COVID-19. 

Rating: Misinterpreted

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What is rumour about?

•  During a press briefing, a WHO official said that "y may have to start entering people's homes and remove family members affected due to Coronavirus".
• WHO official stated that y intend to shift people tested positive for Coronavirus to an isolated area away from ir homes.
• This statement by official has created panic all over world as people are worried about ir family members being forcefully taken away from ir houses. 
• Check out number of views this video has received. Similar videos are being circulated all over web. Within 2 days y have received over 48K views. 

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Who started rumour?

• After news was aired on Fox News TV channel on April 6, 2020, people started misinterpreting actual news that was conveyed by WHO official. 
• Many people started sharing snippet of news channel and captioned it saying that WHO is planning to enter people's houses and remove family members infected with COVID-19 by force. 

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to news stating that WHO officials will remove  family members out of ir houses, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw about same. According to Google Trends analysis,  maximum number of people were searching for it on April 8, 2020.  

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Republic World did a fact check on "WHO official to remove family members" rumour

• According to fact check done by Republic World team, viral mess forwards that have been circulating all over social media were found to be misinterpreted. 
• WHO official, Dr Michael Ryan said that for combating spre of virus, authorities may have to move family members to an isolated designated facility.
• He suggested that need of hour in major locations of world is to find  family members who may be affected in each household so that y can be isolated to a different facility in a safe and dignified manner. 
• re was mention by WHO official that people would be removed from ir houses by force. 
• On March 30, 2020, Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, gave a statement with regards to next step to stop Coronavirus transmission. He said that most of transmissions are actually happening in same household at family level.
• Tucker Carlson who hosts Tucker Carlson Tonight Show, was seen to implicate that such statements may cause violence in public. However, this press briefing by Dr Ryan isn't being talked about on major news channels yet. 

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• video showing a snippet of 4th Amendment Bill's definition was T shown in actual brocast during Tucker Carlson show. Here is im from a YouTube channel named "Mrgunsngear B Channel".

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• According to latest recommendation by CDC, areas with high community-based transmission are vised to use cloth coverings on ir faces. 

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