Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/10/06 | Georgia
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: Chequeado
2020/09/21 | Argentina
FALSE: An investigation by a Chinese virologist proves that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory.
Fact-Checked by: FactCheck.org
2020/09/16 | United States
FALSE: “Coronavirus was created in Wuhan lab and released intentionally.”
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/09/02 | Georgia
FALSE: There is a “COVID-19 Project” that consists of several stages and aims to exercise full control over an individual. The first stage stage is vaccination. The second is a quantum tattoo, third – “digital identification label” linked to “ID 2020” project, and the fourth stage is going to be an implant, i.e., chip, which will exercise full control over human life.
Fact-Checked by: Chequeado
2020/08/27 | Argentina
Misleading: A chain message claims that cleaning employees and garbage collectors are asking that COVID-19 patients label their household waste with a red ribbon and spray it with disinfectant.
Fact-Checked by: Vishvas News
2020/08/26 | India
FALSE: Thyrocare Thane Lab Is Sealed Over False-Positive COVID19 Testing
Fact-Checked by: Vishvas News
2020/08/26 | India
FALSE: Thyrocare Thane Lab Is Sealed Over False-Positive COVID19 Testing
Fact-Checked by: Chequeado
2020/08/17 | Argentina
Misleading: Moroni (Minister of Labor in Argentina): “In the United States, for example, [employment] contracted by 14%; in Australia almost 5, we are at 2.6 or 2.7. That is, a very low drop “
Fact-Checked by: La Silla Vacía
2020/08/13 | Colombia
FALSE: A facebook claims COVID-19 is man made in a lab.
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/08/11 | Georgia
FALSE: Russian psychic labels the pandemic a hoax adding that after the COVID-19 is gone and the vaccinations are done, a “mass murder of people” will begin and Bill Gates will play his part in it.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/08/07 | Australia
FALSE: Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim the Australian government paid nursing homes AUS$25,000 for “labelling [COVID-19] as the main cause of deaths on death certificates”. The posts cite a purported broadcast with an unidentified man on an Australian radio station as evidence for the claim.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/08/05 | France
MISLEADING: A warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/08/04 | Georgia, United States
FALSE: Video allegedly featuring a group of doctors in white lab coats with a caption that noted that coronavirus does not kill and this video actually proves it
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