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False: South Sudans Chief Justice, Family Refused Testing For COVID-19
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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 Family
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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?
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'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 Online
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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
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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
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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
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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 Allahs Name Against Coronavirus?
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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
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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
Still From Greys Anatomy Shared As Medical Staff Dead In Italy
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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
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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
Children In Senegal Did Not Die After Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine
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Children In Senegal Did Not Die After Receiving 'Coronavirus Vaccine'

While the vaccine does not exist yet, the video being circulated falsely claims a cosmetics salesman to be forcefully...

10 April 2020 10:32 AM GMT