“Most affected countries by COVID-19 are along the same 40-degree North latitude”
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.
“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Obama set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries, as a way to protect against something just like Coronavirus breaking out across the world. Experts begged Trump to keep them open. He closed 37 of them.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Take a few sips of water every 15 minutes at least ... drinking water or other liquids will wash" the coronavirus "down through your throat and into the stomach. Once there, your stomach acid will kill all the virus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A Tencent graphic shows that the death toll in China due to Coronavirus has crossed 24,000.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Bats in a roof in Hubei, China have been discovered as the source of coronavirus”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Biden supports government health care for illegal immigrants. Bernie supports government health care for illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact rated this: Claim misses policy nuances
“China seeks court's approval to kill coronavirus patients to avoid spread of virus”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Cow dung and cow urine could be a remedy for COVID-19.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“CS Tuju back from UK specialized treatment”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“If the virus is exposed to a temperatureof 26 - 27 degrees celcius it will be killed”
Vishvas News rated this: False
“Israel has discovered a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“More people have died from knowing Hillary” than coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“No more deaths from COVID-19 as Israel scientists have discovered a vaccine for COVID-19”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
PolitiFact rated this: False