Cold food, ice cream don't cause coronavirus: UNICEF Pakistan, WHO.

Due to the increased outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), a number of false news and rumors regarding the novel virus are being circulated on social media.

While some claim the do's and don'ts, other pieces talk about the causes and prevention. Not all are to be believed though, because you never know what may or may not be true. Hence it is advised, especially at a time like this to do thorough fact checking before passing it on to more people on your WhatsApp, Facebook groups and other social mediums.

One such case is that of a random circular which was seen floating around on social media. The document was titled UNICEF and had a number of precautions and causes stated. One of which quoted the importance of avoiding cold items and ice cream as they may cause coronavirus. UNICEF Pakistan and World Health Organization immediately released an official statement on their social media handles, calling this out as fake news.

Since then there has been an outburst of reactions as people along with top twitteratis and well-known personalities have voiced their opinion regarding this. Following are some tweets talking about misinformation and how it's creating more chaos:

Abdullah Sultan

Program anchor at Geo News, Abdullah Sultan shared his take on this topic and wrote 'kindly refrain from creating more chaos'.

Fareshteh Aslam

CEO of Talking Point, Fareshteh Aslam prompted her followers to be more vigilant about what's being shared about COVID-19.

Rabia Anum Obaid

TV host, Rabia Anum Obaid tweeted that rumors spread rapidly, please don't spread fake news.

Farah Iqrar

Broadcast Journalist, Farah Iqrar tweeted saying don't create further panic by promoting false claims about...