“Photo showing dead Covid-19 victims”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
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“Photo showing dead Covid-19 victims”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Professor Dr Tasuku Honjo in a media interaction said that coronavirus is not natural and was manufactured in China”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The introduction date of the legislation that ultimately became the CARES Act doesn’t signify anything about when the government knew about the coronavirus pandemic. It's a legislative quirk.
“Did the Kennedy Center donate coronavirus stimulus aid to Democrats?”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Disinfectant and Sunlight can kill the novel coronavirus”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Drinking water mixed with salt kills the novel coronavirus”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Fruit peel and hot water can help cure Covid-19”
BBC Reality Check rated this: This is misleading and inhaling steam can be dangerous
“Japan’s Nobel Prize winning Professor of Medicine, Professor Dr Tasuku Honjo has claimed that the Coronavirus is not natural and that China manufactured it”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Jio and Facebook giving 25GB data for 6 months to all Jio users due to COVID lockdown”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Photo shows swollen tonsils with white spots in "someone with COVID-19 spread to the lungs and body”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Video shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation confiscating N95 masks and other medical supplies because they tested positive for COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Woman in the picture pregnant with novel coronavirus and the doctor says that she will not survive it”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“A banner with a swastika, “Trump” and “Pence” is from a Michigan coronavirus protest.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A protest against stay-at-home orders in Michigan was held April 15 at the capitol in downtown Lansing. The photo of the banner dates back at least to March 2 and appears to have been taken at a park in Boise, Idaho.
“A livestream on April 23 shows Rodrigo Duterte thanking billionaire Manny Pangilinan and other tycoons for their help during the COVID-19 pandemic”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Antibody tests will "support our efforts to get Americans back to work by showing us who might have developed the wonderful, beautiful immunity" to the novel coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain the Science
FactCheck.org says: The tests do have the potential to relay valuable information about who might already have immunity and how widely COVID-19 has spread. But so far, the tests are not widely available and many are unreliable.
“Doctors could "apply light and heat" to treat COVID-19 patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: No evidence
PolitiFact says: We found no evidence that sun or ultraviolet light could help treat COVID-19 patients. Experts said certain amounts of UV light would be dangerous.
“During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Residents angry about the reinstatement of a mask order did form the Anti-Mask League in January 1919.
“Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The COVID-19 infection rate in Sweden is lower than in Italy, Spain and the UK. But the epidemiologist credited with developing Sweden’s strategy said infection rate is not a reliable indicator of how a nation is doing.
“Filipino senior citizens will receive P3,000 financial aid during the COVID-19 crisis”
Vera Files rated this: False Headline