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False: Muslims Ignore COVID-19 Curfew, Convene At Mosque In Sri Lanka

Authorities had asked locals to gather at the mosque in Beruwala to receive testing for the novel Coronavirus.

8 April 2020 8:03 AM GMT

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1869 Poem Reprinted During Spanish Flu Pandemic Resurfaces In 2020?

The poem was first published online in March 2020 by a retired teacher in the US specifically about the COVID-19...

7 April 2020 8:03 AM GMT

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Video Of Orangutan Washing Hands Falsely Linked To COVID-19 Pandemic

The Center for Great Apes in Florida uploaded the video in November 2019, weeks before the novel Coronavirus outbreak.

6 April 2020 5:57 PM GMT

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Italians Sing Chinese Song To Thank China For COVID-19 Aid? Not Really

The viral video originally captures a band from Belarus, the Eastern European nation, singing the Tibetan song.

6 April 2020 2:56 PM GMT

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False: Chinese People Topple Down 5G Towers As They 'Cause

The video being shared with this claim was originally filmed in August 2019 during pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

6 April 2020 5:03 AM GMT

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No, The Queen Did Not Test Positive For COVID-19

Online publications in Nigeria have been circulating false reports claiming Buckingham Palace anounced 'the news'.

5 April 2020 5:36 PM GMT

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Did A Biological Researcher Ask Ronaldo, Messi To Find COVID-19 Cure?

Online posts falsely use image of Spanish politician as allegedly asking the acclaimed footballers to find pandemic

5 April 2020 4:54 PM GMT

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Quotes Attributed To Trump, Biden Traced Back To Author Hemingway

The US President and hopeful Biden have falsely been quoted about COVID-19 on a line from the American writer's letters.

5 April 2020 1:01 PM GMT

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No, China And Japan Are Not Free Of The Novel Coronavirus

The Tagalong language social media posts are completely baseless and counter the World Health Organistion reports.

5 April 2020 12:01 PM GMT

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Old Video Revived With False Claims Of Mass Friday Prayers In China

The video is from 2011 and is not indicative of any gatherings post the Coronavirus pandemic.

5 April 2020 9:32 AM GMT

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A US Patent On The Novel Coronavirus? Conspiracy Theories Brew Online

Posts with patent numbers attributed to the US & Europe on the virus and vaccine respectively, are for unrelated

4 April 2020 6:02 PM GMT

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Australian Authorities Dismiss Rumours Of Ice Rink Converting To

The claim that 500 body bags of COVID-19 victims were delivered to a skating rink outside Adelaide has been shared...

4 April 2020 2:32 PM GMT