There were a number of false reports during the epidemic. For example, a fake letter was sent in February from the State Institute of Public Health (SZÚ) urging measures to be taken against the introduction of the disease from abroad.
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“We draw attention to the untrue and manipulative news that from August 1, veils will again be mandatory throughout the Czech Republic, even outside. This is not true. This is a hoax that has been spreading in public space in recent hours,” the ministry said.
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According to the server Manipulátoři.cz the message appeared on the Funrich.cz website, which according to him is the so-called clickbait website. “Clickbait usually has an engaging headline that forces the reader to click on it. It can be a headline that should only entice people, and after clicking, the visitor usually does not learn anything that was promised in the headline, but increased traffic to the site, even in “The success of clickbait lies in human curiosity and, in most cases, in fraud on users,” writes the Manipulators server.
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We would like to draw your attention to the false and manipulative report that from 1 August, veils will again be mandatory throughout the Czech Republic, even outside. It’s not true. This is a hoax that has been spreading in public space in the last hours: https://t.co/3ZK623QzVT @ManipulatoriCz
– Ministry of Health (@ZdravkoOnline) July 16, 2020
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According to a survey by the Ipsos agency, more than half of Czechs have believed false news, so-called fake news. The coronavirus epidemic has also helped to increase the frequency of false reports. These include, for example, information that the coronavirus dies at 26 to 27 degrees Celsius, or claims that breath holding can be used as a rapid test for coronavirus. The first misinformation on coronavirus appeared on the Internet in January, when a Russian server run by the local Ministry of Defense accused the United States in its text of developing the virus as a biological weapon.
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