claimmany social media users and whatsapp users are sharing a number 41798931892 and a contact card along with a message saying the number belongs to the world health organization and that who will send latest updates about on the coronavirus pandemic on your whatsapp number the message shared along with the number also urges people to add the number to their contacts and send a hi to get direct updates from whomany times fact check readers got in touch with us on our whatsapp number asking if the number indeed belongs to whotruthyes the number 41798931892 belongs to the world health organization its a verified whatsapp account the automated system gives different options whatsapp users can choose by responding with numbers from 1 to 8 or certain emojis and as per the chosen number or emoji the system sends relevant messages to the userstimes fact check sent a hi to the above number and who responded with a message saying welcome to the world health organization get information and guidance from who regarding the current outbreak of coronavirus disease covid19 what would you like to know about coronavirusyou can see that the name of the whatsapp account is world health organization and has a verified sign next to it as of now whatsapp users can get information about the latest numbers across the world related to the pandemic faqs on the disease myths around covid19 travel advice and latest news from the health organizationhere is a tweet from the verified account of who uganda announcing the number to twitter users the tweet also has a video explaining the process