“Pregnant women are at risk of Covid-19”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
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4,075 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: At least two Chinese studies have found initial success with convalescent plasma therapy, in which antibodies from recovered coronavirus patients are given to seriously ill patients.
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Cuomo is basically right, though he addressed only one segment of the stimulus aid, and he glossed over the distinction between aid to states and aid to health care providers within those states.
“Video shows Muslims threatening cops to open mosques amid COVID-19 lockdown”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Virtually every Democrat candidate has declared their unlimited support for extreme late-term abortion, ripping babies straight from the mother’s womb, right up until the very moment of birth.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The FDA granted emergency authorization to new technology that can sterilize respirator masks up to 20 times. In many cases, normal wear and tear means N95 respirators cannot be sanitized and reused safely.
“We’ve tested more than every country combined," referring to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Russia, Germany and Italy combined have done more testing than the U.S., according to Worldometer, which tracks global testing for COVID-19. Overall, 173 non-U.S. countries have been performed nearly 25 million tests.
“Claim: Al Quran read in front of Trump to stop Covid 19”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Partly False
“Nobel Prize winner and Japanese immunologist Tasuku Honjo said the virus behind COVID-19 is artificial and manufactured in a lab in Wuhan, China”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Rodrigo Duterte talked about the Fabunan Antiviral Drug in a speech on April 13”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Video of Muslim leader shot during a celebratory firing after he recovered from COVID-19 in Pakistan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“88 Percent of Intubated Coronavirus Patients in New York Have Died”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Misleading headlines created confusion.
“A new Pentagon study shows that people who had a flu shot are 36% more likely to get COVID-19.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Claim: Pune woman Megha is not a doctor nor covid 19 victim”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“First Volunteer in UK COVID-19 Vaccine Trial is Dead”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“India is suing Bill Gates because he vaccinated 77,000 third world girls between the ages of 9 & 15 with the HPV vaccine and many of them died”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Kenya churches to be reopened amid Covid-19”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Kenya churches to be reopened amid Covid-19”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: 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.
“Philippine actress Angel Locsin tested positive for COVID-19”
FactRakers rated this: False