Fact-Checked by: Misbar
2020/03/09 | Middle East, North Africa
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: Misbar
2020/03/09 | Middle East, North Africa
False: Turkish President Erdogan revealed a mask that kills coronavirus in a minute.
Fact-Checked by: Misbar
2020/03/09 | Middle East, North Africa
False: Palestine, Egypt, or Lebanon have succeeded in developing a coronavirus cure.
Fact-Checked by: Vistinomer
2020/03/09 | North Macedonia, Greece
Mostly false: Gargling with Betadine kills germs or reduces their numbers in the throat before they go down to the lungs, and a statement by Eleni Jamarely, professor of infectious diseases, claims that HIV is transmitted more easily from the new coronavirus through the spoon at communion.
Fact-Checked by: Vistinomer
2020/03/09 | North Macedonia
False: The Mayor of Skopje, Shilegov, returned from Madrid three days ago, and the government passed a decree requiring all passengers from Spain to be tested for coronavirus and placed in a 14-day quarantine.
Fact-Checked by: Effecinque
2020/03/09 | Italy
Misleading: Availability of a kit for coronavirus self-diagnosis in Italy.
Fact-Checked by: Effecinque
2020/03/09 | Italy
Misleading: A kit for coronavirus self-diagnosis is available.
Fact-Checked by: Sure And Share Center MCOT
2020/03/09 | Thailand
False: Zinc lozenges are proven to protect against COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: TjekDet.dk
2020/03/09 | Denmark
MISLEADING: Danish politician says Greta Thunberg gets special treatment in the European Parliament as she, despite the current outbreak, is allowed to speak.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/03/09 | France
FALSE: The headline of a newspaper with a phrase from the Bolivian chancellor about the coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/03/08 | Indonesia
False: This photo shows the novel coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/03/08 | Australia, India, South Africa, Ivory Coast
False: Drinking warm water with lemon protects against the novel coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/03/08 | Colombia
Partly false: The Colombian government is closing the border with Venezuela, even though they said they’re not going to do it.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/03/08 | Colombia
False: A person fainted in Cali’s bus terminal because of COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/03/08 | Colombia
False: The mayor of Buga, Valle del Cauca, said: “I invite the people of Buga to keep calm and to live each day as if it was the last.”
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