“Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there is no evidence that COVID-19 is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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