“COVID-19 global death toll is 1.6M”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: 473,061 COVID-19 deaths worldwide were recorded as of June 24
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“Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Apple and Google have teamed up to create a system that notifies cellphone users when they’ve been exposed to a COVID-19 patient. iPhone and Android users must opt in to the feature.
“Ministry of AYUSH has removed Dr. Mujahid Hussain from service for he banned Baba Ramdev's medicine Coronil.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: OSHA recommends that masks be worn to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Masks aren’t a cure to prevent spread of COVID-19, experts say. But they are an effective tool in slowing transmission.
“Video showing the condition of patients lying outside a hospital in the Hyderabad Old City area (India)”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shows the evacuated patients after a fire broke out in the emergency war
“As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The number of coronavirus deaths has remained substantial, at a bit below 600 per day by mid-to-late June, but that’s more than two-thirds lower than the peak of about 2,000 daily deaths in late April.
“COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Testing has increased nationally, but epidemiologists say that if this were the only reason that new cases were rising, the percentage of positive tests should be dropping or at least remaining about the same. It's not.
“Patients of corona are being found on the streets of Pune”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Photo comparing traffic on a road during the time of Coronavirus and Solar Eclipse day”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: While the part of the photo showing heavy traffic was captured on 5 February 2020, much before the spread of COVID-19 in India, the other part showing empty roads was shot on 22 March 2020, the Janata Curfew day where a…
“Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The attack ad in question lays out these quotes in chronological order in a way that is fair to the context where Trump used them.
“Ginger can treat a coronavirus infection.”
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rated this: False. Consuming ginger will not prevent or cure COVID-19.
“Many countries have 'perfected' COVID-19 vaccines”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: The World Health Organization says vaccines are still undergoing trial
“Risk percentage of Community Transmission of COVID-19 for various states in India. Telangana has a high risk of 122%”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The formula used to calculate the community transmission risk has no scientific basis. Also, the numbers used for calculation are reportedly taken from the Aarogya Setu app which is not used by everybody. While the numb…
“Photo of boy in a Philippine hospital has COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: False
“There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave”
PolitiFact rated this: First wave not over for many
PolitiFact says: The United States is arguably still in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, so it may be too early to talk about a coming second wave.
“For only P3,150, the drug dexamethasone will save your life from COVID-19.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“Salty and sour food causes SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, to explode and dissolve.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“AstraZeneca sets aside 400 million doses of Covid-19 cure for distribution worldwide”
PesaCheck rated this: PARTLY FALSE
“AstraZeneca sets aside 400 million doses of Covid-19 cure for distribution worldwide”
PesaCheck rated this: PARTLY FALSE
“Our health department, our city and our county declared racism as a public health crisis last year.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: A resolution was passed by the county in May 2019 and the city in July 2019.