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Checked by Vishvas News18 Dec 2020IndiaHealth
Social media posts

“A collage of two pictures showing a corpse wrapped in white with rose petals and a sleeping girl with Shahid Afridi standing next to her is viral on social media with a claim that Afridi’s daughter died of blood cancer”

Vishvas News rated this: FALSE

Vishvas News says: Director of Centre for Excellence in Journalism, Pakistan refuted the claims clarifying the rumours about Afridi’s daughter is viral on social media even since 2016.

Checked by Vishvas News2 Jul 2020IndiaHealth
Social media posts

“The viral post on social media shows the photo of a label of a Dettol product. The circled text shows the different microbes Dettol is able to kill, which includes the name of Coronavirus as well. The post caption states: “This kills coronavirus how did they know about it in 2019??”

Vishvas News rated this: MISLEADING

Vishvas News says: The label of Dettol mentioning that it kills coronavirus is not the recent strain of coronavirus. They have not tested its products for the recent noval coronavirus. Misleading post is getting viral.

Checked by FactCheck.org4 May 2020United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Former Rep. Trey Gowdy wrote a viral post claiming the COVID-19 pandemic was planned and it "all seems rather convenient for the nations and opponents of our current President and economy 5 months before an election.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The former Republican congressman did not write a conspiracy-theory post circulating on Facebook that implies, without any proof, that the outbreak was planned to help Democrats in the 2020 election.

Checked by FactCheck.org23 Apr 2020United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Viral post shows same picture with different headlines on COVID-19 stories, asking, "That's weird the exact same people who visited the beach in Florida are now at the beaches in California?”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Posts compare screenshots from two news sites to falsely claim that using the same image of people at the beach during the COVID-19 pandemic shows media deception. Both reports correctly identify the picture’s location.