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Published on 14/04/2020

These photos circulated online before the Philippines imposed a lockdown on its main island

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Covid-19
Published on 14/04/2020

This video actually shows a scene from a Mexican television drama

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Covid-19
Published on 13/04/2020

This video shows a Brazil carnival in 2018, not a party in Italy

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Covid-19
Published on 13/04/2020

False claim: Beijing and Shanghai are untouched by COVID-19

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Covid-19
Published on 10/04/2020

How to spot COVID-19 misinformation on WhatsApp

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Published on 10/04/2020

Senegalese children did not die from a coronavirus vaccine (which does not yet exist)

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Covid-19
Published on 10/04/2020

Non-profit hospital in Pakistan refutes misleading claim it charged patients for COVID-19 tests

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Covid-19
Published on 09/04/2020

Photo does not show nurses treating COVID-19 patients in Italy

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Covid-19
Published on 09/04/2020

Hoax circulates online that people wearing shoes indoors triggered hike in COVID-19 cases in Italy

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Covid-19
Published on 09/04/2020

This video was filmed in Azerbaijan in November 2019

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Covid-19
Published on 08/04/2020

This photo has circulated in reports about the coffins of earthquake victims in Italy in 2009

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Covid-19
Published on 08/04/2020

This video actually shows worshippers in Peru in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic

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Covid-19
Published on 08/04/2020

This video shows riots in London in 2011, more than nine years before the COVID-19 pandemic

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Covid-19
Published on 08/04/2020

This video was edited to make it look like South Africa’s leader announced an 81-day lockdown

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Covid-19
Published on 07/04/2020

COVID-19 corpses video was shot in Ecuador, not New York

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Published on 07/04/2020

CEOs of these companies did not all step down during novel coronavirus crisis

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Published on 07/04/2020

Experts dismiss claims that 5G wireless technology created the novel coronavirus

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Published on 07/04/2020

This poem was written in 2020 specifically about the COVID-19 pandemic

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Covid-19
Published on 07/04/2020

These photos have circulated online since at least March 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic

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Published on 06/04/2020

This video has circulated in reports about an anti-government protest in Azerbaijan in 2019

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Covid-19
Published on 03/04/2020

Singaporean authorities refute hoax about 'spot fines' for people violating social distancing orders

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Covid-19
Published on 02/04/2020

Photos of vaping illness patients used to make false COVID-19 claim

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Published on 02/04/2020

‘It’s a myth’: South Australian health authorities dismiss rumour about an ice rink-turned-morgue for COVID-19 victims

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Covid-19
Published on 02/04/2020

This video has circulated online since at least 2011 -- years before the COVID-19 pandemic

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Covid-19
Published on 01/04/2020

Hemingway phrase misrepresented as Trump and Biden statement on COVID-19 death toll

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Covid-19
Published on 01/04/2020

Myth circulates online that 'new' hantavirus disease has emerged in China

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Covid-19
Published on 31/03/2020

Buckingham Palace did not say the Queen tested positive for coronavirus

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Covid-19
Published on 31/03/2020

This video shows a security exercise simulating a hostage-taking at Dakar airport

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