“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“I wish they [China] told us three months sooner that this [the coronavirus] was a problem. We didn’t know about it. They knew about it and they should have told us.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
“Image shows mass graves of coronavirus patients in Italy”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Japanese drug Avigan is effective medicine against COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“Kenya confirms 23 more coronavirus cases from Mombasa.”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Kenya confirms 23 more coronavirus cases from Mombasa.”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Kerala has asked NABARD for a loan of Rs 20,000 crore to deal with COVID-19”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Look no further than Dr. Nancy Messonnier, a career official at the Centers for Disease Control who was the first to raise the alarm. … Starting the next day, Dr. Messonnier no longer appeared at public briefings of the White House coronavirus task force.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Photo claming to show Covid-19 victims lying at an Italian street”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Photo claming to show Covid-19 victims lying at an Italian street”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Photo of the prime minister of Italy crying and expressing his helplessness that he couldn’t save Coronavirus patients in Italy”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Photos of Italian man committing suicide after he lost his entire family to COVID-19”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video was taken in Spain and is found to be in circulation on the internet at least since the last week of December 2019. But, the first COVID-19 death was reported only in the second week of January 2019 in China
“Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its streets to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Slices of lemon in a cup of hot water can save your life. The hot lemon can kill the proliferation of" the novel coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Holding breath as self check test for Covid-19”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Holding breath as self check test for Covid-19”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False