The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)
The Claim: Holding your breath for 10 seconds every day can self-check for COVID-19 USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Will holding your breath for 10 seconds reveal if you have coronavirus? |
Claim by Donald Trump: The World Health Organization test for the new coronavirus “was a bad test.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
CLAIM: The first person to receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine during testing in Seattle is a crisis actor AP Fact Check rating: False |
Claim by Facebook posts: COVID-19 is no worse than other outbreaks that have occurred in “every election year.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
Claim via Social Media: Are helicopters being used to spray disinfectants into the air to eradicate the coronavirus? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Helicopters Are NOT Spraying Disinfectants To Try To Eradicate Coronavirus |
International Fact Checks
Claim by social media users: Video of ‘wet market’ selling wild animals in Wuhan, China
Alt News rating: False
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Claim by Twitter and WhatsApp users: Dolphins and swans return to Italy waterways after Covid-19 lockdown.
India Today rating: Mostly false
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Claim by All India Radio: Janata curfew will stop coronavirus outbreak.
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