The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 04/01/2020

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)

	Claim via Social Media: Do students in multiple states have to repeat their current grade next year because of the delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Students Do NOT Have To Repeat Their Current Grades Due To Coronavirus
	Claim by Donald Trump: “We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19. Politifact rating: Pants on Fire Trump blames past administrations for a flawed COVID-19 test. The test couldn’t have existed earlier
	Claim: Does ibuprofen make COVID-19 worse? Factcheck.org rating: False No Evidence to Back COVID-19 Ibuprofen Concerns
	Claim via Social Media: An image shared on Facebook claims Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “There are homeless people out there who can’t pay their mortgage.” Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: DID ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SAY, ‘THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN’T PAY THEIR MORTGAGE’?
	Claim by Donald Trump: “I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don’t actually need. Politifact rating: Pants on Fire Reporter was right: Trump did question governors’ ventilator requests
	(International) Claim: Multiple news reports circulating in Nigeria claim that Buckingham Palace has announced Britain’s Queen Elizabeth tested positive for COVID-19 AFP Fact Check rating: False Buckingham Palace did not say the Queen tested positive for coronavirus

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