“Image of a critically ill COVID-19 infected woman hugging her child for the last time before her death”
FACTLY 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.
“My wife is suffering from coronavirus and she is pregnant. The doctor said she won’t survive it.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“On Jan. 8 of this year, the CDC raised alarm that the virus represented a threat to the health of American citizens.”
PolitiFact rated this: Misleading
PolitiFact says: On this date, the CDC announced the investigation of a new disease in Wuhan. Two days later they announced that "the risk from the Novel Coronavirus 2019 to the American public is deemed to be low."
“Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The article wrongly treated an unusually low number of cases on April 13 as a baseline. The increase in the following days was in fact connected to an increased number of tests.
“Trump says he can't handle his people and needs Duterte to solve COVID-19 crisis”
FactRakers rated this: False
“Trump's withholding of $ for World Health Organization is illegal. It's exactly what he got impeached for.”
PolitiFact rated this: Trump likely has wiggle room
“China revises Covid-19 death numbers”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“COVID-19 is not like the flu.”
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rated this: Correct
“Eating certain foods or supplements will keep you from catching the novel coronavirus disease.”
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rated this: False
“Muslims scattered currency notes on a road in Indore to spread coronavirus”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“PM Modi dressed like it is a marriage reception at the hospital while a national pandemic is important”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Indian Council of Medical Research research shows 0.8m Indians would have caught coronavirus if the lockdown hadn't been imposed”
BBC Reality Check rated this: False. the Indian Health Ministry says there's no such study
“Bill Gates owns a patent on coronavirus”
BBC Reality Check rated this: This claim is false
“Tuob'--steam therapy--kills the coronavirus, which dies at 27 degrees Celsius”
FactRakers rated this: False
“21 people infected with COVID-19 have been confirmed dead in a private hospital in Lagos”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“21 people infected with COVID-19 have been confirmed dead in a private hospital in Lagos”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Africans in one Chinese city are being evicted amid fear of a second wave of COVID-19 in China and a focus on foreigners. The evictions are blamed on racism, which the Chinese government denies.
“Bihar health department has confirmed poultry chicken as the source of coronavirus”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Covid-19 victims body dumped in the sea”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“No COVID-19 deaths in Israel as they found a cure for COVID-19 – a mixture of lemon and baking soda”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE