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Mumbai: Medicos build one-stop source of verified COVID-19 resources
Updated On: 29 April, 2021 08:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Students and professionals start website to verify the tsunami of information about COVID-19; aim to put forward accurate, timely uploads; 350 volunteers dedicated to fact-check initiative.

In an earlier initiative, volunteers donated and installed physical barriers inside autorickshaws to stop the spread of Coronavirus
When India’s second wave brought with it a shortage of beds and oxygen in major cities, a lot of social media users pitched in, sharing numbers and contact points. Soon, people realised that a lot of the information was either dated or incorrect; some were downright malicious and fraudulent.
Vidhi Shah, president, Rotaract Club of Medicrew
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