Fact-Checked by: EFE Verifica
2021/11/26 | Spain, Canada, Ecuador
The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database
Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.
Fact-Checked by: VoxCheck
2021/08/06 | Ukraine, Ecuador
FALSE: The video depicts the Ecuadorian military protecting people from police during protests against the COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: Taiwan FactCheck Center
2021/06/28 | Taiwan
FALSE: Ecuadorian indigenous remedies can cure Covid-19 Delta variant. The recipe is one onion, two lemons, two garlic, eight slices of ginger, and eight spoons of brown sugar.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/09/07 | Colombia, Ecuador
FALSE: Supal 20, an Ecuadorian remedy, cures COVID-19
Fact-Checked by: Ecuador Chequea
2020/07/08 | Ecuador
FALSE: 5G spreads the new coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: Ecuador Chequea
2020/07/03 | Ecuador
FALSE: A post stating that a local magazine in Ecuador revealed corruption in test purchase for COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: Ecuador Chequea
2020/07/01 | Ecuador
FALSE: A videos shared on social media saying that drinking methanol prevents the spread of COVID19.
Fact-Checked by: Animal Político
2020/06/21 | Mexico, Ecuador
False: “Break the quarantine and this will be our future. Then don’t cry. (Photo from Ecuador) ”, says a photograph that shows piles of human bodies on the ground.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/05/27 | Colombia, Ecuador
FALSE: An image of several bodies laying on the ground went viral on social media, where it is claimed that they are victims of the coronavirus in Ecuador.
Fact-Checked by: Correctiv
2020/05/26 | Germany, Ecuador
Mostly false: Chlorine dioxide healed 100 Covid-19 patients in Ecuador according to a study by Andreas Ludwig Kalcker. The article also states that Covid-19 is no lung disease but thrombosis and 88 percent of the patients given artificial respiration with ventilator die.
Fact-Checked by: Animal Político
2020/05/15 | Mexico, Ecuador
FALSE: Posts and videos on Facebook say drinking or inhaling seawater prevents COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: Factcheck.kz
2020/05/10 | Kazakhstan, Ecuador
Misleading: A woman who died of coronavirus woke up a month later.
Fact-Checked by: Chequeado
2020/05/08 | Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador
FALSE: The use or abuse of masks can cause hypoxia.
Fact-Checked by: Animal Político
2020/04/30 | Mexico, Ecuador
FALSE: People who are sick with coronavirus continue to be injected with sea water. Many have been saved.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/04/12 | Spain, Ecuador
FALSE: Drinking or spraying seawater in the throat prevents the coronavirus from replicating.
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