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Covid-19
Published on 19/08/2020

Misleading claim circulates online about Philippine Health Department's guidelines for face shields

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Covid-19
Published on 17/08/2020

Misleading claim circulates online that Singapore has 'banned' sale of US produce due to coronavirus

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Published on 17/08/2020

This photo has circulated online since 2017 in reports about conjoined twins in Mexico

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Covid-19
Published on 17/08/2020

This woman is an ordinary volunteer in Russia’s coronavirus vaccine trial, state media reports

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Covid-19
Published on 14/08/2020

No tourists have been allowed to visit New Zealand since March 2020 -- this photo has circulated online since 2016

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Covid-19
Published on 13/08/2020

Misleading claim circulates online about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to Hindu temple

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Published on 12/08/2020

Infrared thermometers are safe and do not cause cancer, health officials say

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Published on 12/08/2020

False claim circulates on Facebook that people cannot catch COVID-19 from infected people or contaminated surfaces

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Covid-19
Published on 11/08/2020

Hoax circulates online that vaccines have caused deaths in the Philippines

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Covid-19
Published on 10/08/2020

False claim circulates online in the Philippines that Canada is ‘free’ of the novel coronavirus

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Covid-19
Published on 06/08/2020

False claim circulates on Facebook that 'viruses do not harm or kill' people

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Published on 05/08/2020

This photo has circulated online since at least 2017 in reports about stray dogs in India

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Published on 05/08/2020

These photos have circulated in online posts unrelated to bubonic plague detected in China in 2020

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Covid-19
Published on 03/08/2020

Misleading claim circulates online comparing severity of COVID-19 with swine flu

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Covid-19
Published on 29/07/2020

Rodrigo Duterte says there is not yet a vaccine for COVID-19 in this video

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Covid-19
Published on 28/07/2020

Hoax circulates that the WHO has approved Indian student's ginger juice 'COVID-19 remedy'

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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

Nigeria message warning of video able to hack phones is a hoax

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Published on 23/07/2020

This image has been doctored and Indomie confirmed all their products are halal-certified

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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

Russian nurses are not working in their underwear, photos show isolated incident

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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 20/07/2020

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

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Published on 17/07/2020

Misinformation circulates in Myanmar that dried butterfly pea flowers cause liver cancer

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Published on 17/07/2020

Misinformation recirculates online in Thailand about 'cure' for kidney stones

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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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