“Pepper in your food will cure or prevent coronavirus”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: Adding pepper in your food won’t cure or prevent coronavirus. The viral post is fake.
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“All employees of Punjab National Bank in Loni in Ghaziabad have tested positive for coronavirus”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Amit Shah tweeted that he has been suffering from bone cancer in the back of his throat for the past few days, and requested the people of Muslim community to pray for his health during the good months of Ramzan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Remdesivir is the drug that will "end" COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Risa Hontiveros is behind the increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation premium contributions of overseas Filipino Workers”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Senator Risa Hontiveros is behind the hike in premium contributions of overseas Filipino workers to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Cats are eaten in Vietnam, but there is no evidence of widespread killing and consuming of black cats as a treatment for COVID-19.
“Euphorbia plant as Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Euphorbia plant as Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Imran Khan read COVID curve upside down to claim that the curve is flattening in Pakistan”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Mike Pence carried empty boxes of PPE into a medical facility as a publicity stunt.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False.
“Mike Pence pretending to carry a big box of PPEs into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he's doing: a big box of nothing, delivering another box of nothing.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Kimmel presented a clip that left out the fact that Vice President Pence was joking.
“New autopsy reports suggest Jeffrey Epstein most likely died from COVID-19 complications.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo claimed to show victims of botched vaccine trials in Africa”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Photo claimed to show victims of botched vaccine trials in Africa”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Plandemic" video says the novel coronavirus was "manipulated," the flu vaccine contains coronaviruses, and that wearing a mask "activates your own virus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“President Donald Trump “took fast action” in regard to testing for the novel coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: There were a number of snags and miscues that prevented robust, widespread early testing, including manufacturing problems.
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Under the mayor’s COVID-19 order, Kansas City “churchgoers must register with the government.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A blog post claimed that Kansas City’s stay-at-home order in response to COVID-19 required churchgoers to “register with the government.” There was never a requirement for churchgoers to register with the government.
“Wearing face masks weaken the immune system”
USA TODAY rated this: False