Fact-Checked by: LeadStories
2020/03/27 | United States
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: LeadStories
2020/03/27 | United States
False: Whether countries with high rates of childhood vaccines were hit hardest by coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: LeadStories
2020/03/27 | United States
False: If Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: LeadStories
2020/03/27 | United States
False: NY banned cigarette sales because of the coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: India Today
2020/03/27 | India
False: As per the news of Aajtak, Home Minister Amit Shah tested postive for COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: India Today
2020/03/27 | India
Mostly false: Fire triggered by gas tanker leak near Delhi’s Shahdara Mor.
Fact-Checked by: Factly
2020/03/27 | India
False: Images of migrant labourers beaten by the police on highways during the current national lockdown.
Fact-Checked by: Fatabyyano
2020/03/27 | Middle East, North Africa
Partially false: In Spain, the police came to encourage doctors to work after they gave up and wanted to quit.
Fact-Checked by: PolitiFact
2020/03/27 | United States
FALSE: A video of body bags being dumped in a ditch shows the “situation in Italy” due to the coronavirus.
Fact-Checked by: Factcheck.kz
2020/03/27 | Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine
FALSE: COVID-19 contains a fragment of the deadly synthetic bacterium Cynthia.
Fact-Checked by: AFP
2020/03/27 | Slovakia, Czech Republic, Nigeria
FALSE: A video featuring aerial shots of futuristic skyscrapers, giant bridges and other landmarks has been shared thousands of times on Facebook with claims that it shows Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the novel coronavirus pandemic emerged in December 2019.
Fact-Checked by: VoxCheck
2020/03/27 | Ukraine, Italy
FALSE: This video shows Italians lost hope and went out in the streets because of COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: VERA Files
2020/03/27 | Philippines
FALSE: A photo shows an 80-truck convoy of the Italian Army moving corpses of COVID-19 patients.
Fact-Checked by: VERA Files
2020/03/27 | Philippines
MISLEADING: A post warning people to stay at home shows rows upon rows of coffins in “Italy.”
Fact-Checked by: VERA Files
2020/03/27 | Philippines
FALSE: A photo shows a COVID-19 vaccine that can cure a patient in three hours.
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