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Covid-19
Published on 27/07/2020

Misleading claim circulates about WHO's advice on COVID-19 transmission from cats and dogs

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Covid-19
Published on 27/07/2020

This photo circulated online in February 2020, weeks before the Philippine government imposed COVID-19 restrictions

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Covid-19
Published on 26/07/2020

Viral video does not show mourners breaking COVID-19 rules at Mandela family funeral

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Covid-19
Published on 24/07/2020

CDC did not cut Florida COVID-19 count after Trump administration rerouted hospital data

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Covid-19
Published on 24/07/2020

Suspected COVID-19 sufferers in South Africa can be forced into quarantine under certain circumstances

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Covid-19
Published on 24/07/2020

Social media posts falsely attribute coronavirus comments to Fauci

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Covid-19
Published on 23/07/2020

South Dakota does not have the lowest coronavirus rate in the US

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Covid-19
Published on 22/07/2020

Misleading video uses footage of Fauci to criticize face mask use

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Covid-19
Published on 22/07/2020

This photo does not show a Hong Kong police officer issuing a 'face mask fine' to a restaurant diner

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Covid-19
Published on 22/07/2020

False list of 'home treatments' for COVID-19 circulates online

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Covid-19
Published on 21/07/2020

Flawed experiments exaggerate risk from CO2 concentration in masks

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Covid-19
Published on 21/07/2020

There is no evidence that budesonide asthma inhalers can cure COVID-19, experts say

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Covid-19
Published on 21/07/2020

Face masks do not cause fungal lung infections if handled correctly, health experts say

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Covid-19
Published on 20/07/2020

Coronavirus advice falsely attributed to British Columbia’s Health Officer spreads on social media

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Covid-19
Published on 20/07/2020

This graphic has been doctored to include a fabricated quote from Leni Robredo

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Covid-19
Published on 20/07/2020

This footage has circulated in reports about unattended bodies at a hospital in south India in 2013

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Covid-19
Published on 17/07/2020

Photo shows Obama and Fauci visiting a lab in the US, not China

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Covid-19
Published on 17/07/2020

Post making false face mask claims circulates in Canada and the US

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Covid-19
Published on 17/07/2020

No banning order issued ending the use of face masks in Tanzania

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Covid-19
Published on 17/07/2020

No evidence to support these 'statistics' about effectiveness of face masks, expert says

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Black Lives Matter
Published on 17/07/2020

The Australian newspaper did not publish an apology over a report linking a Black Lives Matter protest with a COVID-19 outbreak in the country

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Covid-19
Published on 17/07/2020

The loans were given to a variety of US religious organisations, not just evangelical churches, official data shows

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Covid-19
Published on 16/07/2020

Watch out for these common types of Facebook scams in Africa

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Covid-19
Published on 16/07/2020

Ad for UV wands plays on coronavirus fears and spreads false claims

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Covid-19
Published on 15/07/2020

This video shows Amitabh Bachchan praising healthcare workers two months before he tested positive for COVID-19

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Covid-19
Published on 15/07/2020

False social media posts purport to share coronavirus guidelines from Sri Lankan hospital

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Covid-19
Published on 14/07/2020

Fake pharmaceutical ad urges viewers to ‘take the shot’

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Covid-19
Published on 14/07/2020

WHO still recommends self-isolation and social distancing to prevent COVID-19 transmission

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