“2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Health
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.
“Audio clip of a conversation claiming that Government of India will announce shutdown of the country in the coming days from 15 April to 15 June in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Claim: Is kamal haasan posted tweet on Coronavirus in 2018”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Claim: Pope Francis ran away in coronavirus fear”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Ethiopian Airlines plane full of people infected with COVID-19 lands at Addis Ababa airport”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“First COVID-19 patient in Kenya is dead”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“First COVID-19 patient in Kenya is dead”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“For coronavirus cases “In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Image showing a Chinese woman beaten over COVID-19”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Image showing coffins of Covid-19 victims”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Image showing coffins of Covid-19 victims”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Have Issued Warnings
“Our shutting off travel from China and, more recently, travel from Europe, has gone a long way to not seeding very, very intensively the virus in our country. Unfortunately, Italy did not do that. They had an open border, they let people in.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“People shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Europe after the Coronavirus outbreak”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Photo shows coffins of COVID-19 fatalities in Italy”
FactRakers rated this: Misleading
“PM Modi is providing free masks to people under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ to keep them protected from Coronavirus outbreak”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Saddam Hussein said that US had threatened in 1990 that they will use coronavirus if Iraqis did not follow their command”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The 'Janata' curfew of 14 hours will help the fight against COVID-19, as the virus stays on surfaces for a maximum of 12 hours.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The Obama-Biden Administration set up the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense to prepare for future pandemics like covid-19. Donald Trump eliminated it — and now we’re paying the price.”
Washington Post rated this: Not the Whole Story