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Did A Melbourne Factory Hoard Essential Supplies To Export To China?

Police dismiss false claims that the Australian factory was stocked with products to export to COVID-19 battling China.

27 March 2020 6:15 PM GMT

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Image From Current Year Purported To Be From 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak

After COVID-19 related panic buying, a misleading graphic shows a fully stocked shelf from 2020 as being from the H1N1...

27 March 2020 3:01 PM GMT

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How Public Distrust Is Hampering Africa's Fight Against Coronavirus

Accurate information about the COVID-19 outbreak is being hindered by deep dustrust of governments in African nations.

27 March 2020 1:14 PM GMT

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False: Rail Tanker Stamped With 'COVID-19'

The Chicago-headquartered rail freight carrier company clarified that the viral image is manipulated and fake.

27 March 2020 10:30 AM GMT

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Does This Infographic Show The Correct Timeline Of the COVID-19...

'Such timelines may confuse people with flu symptoms,' Dr. Edsel Maurice Salvana.

27 March 2020 9:15 AM GMT

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Corona Outbreak: Did Zimbabwe Police Beat Up Churchgoers?

The video is from before the Coronavirus Outbreak and shows opposition supporters being dispersed after gathering to...

27 March 2020 9:00 AM GMT

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Old Video Edited To Show Jack Ma Praising China's Response To COVID-19

The video uses someone else's voice in Mandarin Chinese over visuals of the Chinese billionaire at a meeting in 2018.

26 March 2020 2:59 PM GMT

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No, A Coronavirus Quarantine Hotel Did Not Collapse In China

A 2017 video of a hotel demolition in China's Jiangsu province is being circulated as a quarantine facility collapsing.

26 March 2020 1:19 PM GMT

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Did China Ban Korans During The Coronavirus Outbreak? A FactCheck.

A video falsely claims it shows Korans being distributed in China after a lift on the 'ban' on the religious text.

26 March 2020 11:56 AM GMT

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This Photo Of The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Shaking Hands Is ...

The image is doctored and is from May, 2019; long before the start of the pandemic

25 March 2020 5:19 PM GMT

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Colour Coded Soaps & Handkerchiefs To Prevent Coronavirus? Not Really

A misleading list of tips to contain COVID-19 mentions red-coloured soap, white handkerchiefs, and CFL light bulbs.

25 March 2020 1:15 PM GMT

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False: Animal Vaccines Prove COVID-19 Is Not A New Viral Disease

The new virus strain has no vaccine yet and differs from the coronavirus that affects cattle and canine.

25 March 2020 11:00 AM GMT