Health officials and technology businesses are attempting to fight misinformation about the new, fast-spreading coronavirus. Social media has been a major source of false information since the virus was first identified last month in Wuhan, China. This week, the World Health Organization, or WHO, said that worldwide reporting on the crisis had led to “a massive infodemic.” The organization noted an explosion of information that has made it difficult for people to find trustworthy sources and dependable guidance. The misinformation included one claim on Facebook that drinking bleach can cure a coronavirus infection. Another stated, China’s Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs." Another report falsely claimed that vaccines for the virus had already been manufactured.