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False: South Sudan's Chief Justice, Family Refused Testing For

Rumours on WhatsApp claim the Chief Justice's son is critically ill with COVID-19, even though the family tested...

15 April 2020 5:30 PM GMT

Facemask Video Ad Claims Stock Image Personnel As Virus Infected

The FilterMax masks ad claims there was only a sole survivor of the virus from the family, due to their product.

15 April 2020 3:41 PM GMT

'Quarantine Detector Dog' Assaulted During Coronavirus Pandemic?

A December 2018 video has been revived, falsely connecting the term of quarantine detector dogs at security to COVID-19

15 April 2020 1:18 PM GMT

False 'Fact' Lists On The United States Postal Service Resurface

After US Congress proposed to forgive the agency's debt due to the COVID-19 induced economic crisis, memes from 2018...

15 April 2020 11:45 AM GMT

No, Neem Leaves Cannot Treat The Novel Coronavirus Either

While no cure for COVID-19 exists yet, Malaysia's Minsitry of Health has labelled the claim as a myth.

15 April 2020 9:17 AM GMT

School Textbook Lists Cure For Coronavirus? A FactCheck

The viral image from a three decades old Class 12th textbook of Coronavirus treatment is not for the new COVID-19

15 April 2020 8:30 AM GMT

Video Of Black Friday Sale Shared As Panic Buying In Malaysia Lockdown

A November 2019 video of a 'Black Friday' sale at a store in Brazil, has been falsely connected to the COVID-19

15 April 2020 6:03 AM GMT

Musicians In New Zealand Recite Allah's Name Against Coronavirus?

The viral video originally captures a 2011 choir concert footage from Turkey.

14 April 2020 9:32 AM GMT

False: Afghan Nationals Enter Pakistan Without Testing For COVID-19

A video captures the temporary reopening of the border for Afghans to return home in early April.

14 April 2020 9:02 AM GMT

No, Peacocks In Sri Lanka Did Not Die Because Farmers Poisoned Them

The viral posts have compiled images from two separate reports of peacocks dying due to unclear reasons in India and Sri ...

13 April 2020 6:31 AM GMT

Still From Grey's Anatomy Shared As Medical Staff Dead In Italy

Social media pages have falsely shared a still from Season 03 Episode 14 of the American drama TV series.

13 April 2020 3:01 AM GMT

Philippine Hospital Dismisses Claim Linking COVID-19 To Groceries

Social Media posts falsely state that patients positive for the viral disease only had a history of visiting the

11 April 2020 6:01 PM GMT

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