“Travellers must have a Covid-19 negative certificate”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
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“Travellers must have a Covid-19 negative certificate”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Video of a suspected COVID-19 patient running away from doctors and police in Telangana”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The posted video is not related to Telangana. The incident in the video took place in Kerala. The man in the video came from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) recently and was supposed to be under quarantine
“Why are yall wearing a mask? Even the box is saying it doesn't protect against covid19.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: A meme suggests that face masks are useless against COVID-19, but the CDC recommends wearing a face covering in public since the virus is transmitted mostly through droplets produced when people cough, sneeze and talk.
“Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: An old video of Dr. Anthony Fauci saying that people don’t need to wear face masks was taken out of context. In recent months, Fauci has recommended face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“Federal officials confirmed that the CDC “sent states tainted lab test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The test kits did not and could not contain the live virus, and weren't mass produced.
“New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque did not violate any health and quarantine protocols during his visit to the Ocean Adventure park.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Photos of Roque's "side trip" showed the spokesman not wearing a mask while speaking to park employees, and sitting directly beside one of them as he pet a dolphin.
“People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no nationwide law that bans carrying a concealed weapon while wearing a mask. We couldn’t find any state where wearing a protective mask while carrying a concealed weapon is currently banned.
“President Duterte immediately convened the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases after the World Health Organization issued a warning about the novel coronavirus.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: The IATF-EID first convened for the novel coronavirus threat on Jan. 28, 24 days after WHO’s first public warning.
“Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The picture cited as proof that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing the masks “in private” is from December 2019.
“The spot where they are ‘getting a sample’ for the COVID-19 test is called your Blood-Brain Barrier.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The swabs used for COVID-19 tests collect samples from the nasopharynx. Doctors say the swabs do not go anywhere near the blood-brain barrier.
“A blood type can keep you immune from HIV”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“A blood type can keep you immune from HIV”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“A COVID-19 sensor has been inserted in Android and Apple mobile phones.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Pelosi's statement has merit, but it doesn't tell the full picture about what has caused increases in the national debt since 2017.
“India ranked first in in the Western Pacific region in terms of COVID-19 cases per million population, followed by Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Singapore, then the Philippines.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: The data presented were the total number of cases, not cases per million population, of the countries mentioned.
“WHO has discontinued trials for Hydroxichloroquine for COVID-19 treatment”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE