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No Silver Bullet And There Might Never Be One: WHO Chief On COVID-19

Even with vaccines, the WHO says countries should not lower their guards and follow public health norms

3 Aug 2020 1:23 PM GMT

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Are Fit And Thin People Immune To COVID-19? Not Really

The pandemic has shown that nobody is immune to COVID-19, and experts called the claim 'dangerous.'

3 Aug 2020 11:58 AM GMT

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Posts Misleadingly Compare Severity Of COVID-19 With Swine Flu

Health experts say COVID-19 has a higher death rate than swine flu, which could in turn put more pressure on healthcare...

3 Aug 2020 11:58 AM GMT

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COVID-19 Positive Corpses Are Not 100 Times More Toxic After 72 Hours

According to experts, corpses do not get more infectious over time and the rise in infections after funerals is a result ...

31 July 2020 12:48 PM GMT

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Did CDC State In 1958 That Smoking Did Not Cause Cancer? A FactCheck

By 1958, the US government's stance was that smoking was a causative factor to lung cancer.

31 July 2020 12:31 PM GMT

Fake News

2018 Images Of Alleged Kidney Theft In UP Revived With COVID-19 Spin

BOOM found that the images are from 2018 when a patient's family accused a doctor in Muzaffarnagar of allegedly removing ...

31 July 2020 10:11 AM GMT

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No, The Global COVID-19 Death Toll Has Not Crossed 1.6 Million

The global COVID-19 death toll is around 654,000 currently and not 1.6 million as falsely claimed.

29 July 2020 10:46 AM GMT

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Does This Logo On COVID-19 Testing Trucks Show Egyptian God Of Death?

The logo features an aardvark and not the Egyptian God of Death according to the company that runs the testing...

29 July 2020 10:36 AM GMT

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Donald Trump Tweets Misleading Video Touting HCQ As COVID-19 Cure

There is currently no cure for COVID-19 and there is currently no proof that HCQ or any other drug can cure or prevent...

29 July 2020 3:56 AM GMT

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Mumbai Sero-Survey: 57% In Slums, 16% In Non-Slums Exposed To COVID-19 ...

These surveys were carried out in F-North, M-West and R-North wards of the city

28 July 2020 6:32 PM GMT

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Explained: How COVID-19 Is Affecting Mental Health

Chief among mental health experts' concerns is the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among people.

28 July 2020 3:31 PM GMT

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Viral Posts Share False Claims About COVID-19 Test Results

Posts falsely claim that the US CDC says that positive COVID-19 results simply mean people have previously had a cold.

28 July 2020 2:35 PM GMT