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False: Jackie Chan quarantined with suspected coronavirus.
Health-Covid Media-Celebrities Health-Covid Media-Celebrities

False: Jackie Chan quarantined with suspected coronavirus.
True: Paper towels may remove virus missed by poor hand washing.
Health-Covid

True: Paper towels may remove virus missed by poor hand washing.
False: Ahmedabad Civil Hospital has split the COVID-19 wards based on faith.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

False: Ahmedabad Civil Hospital has split the COVID-19 wards based on faith.
True: Some coronavirus test kits manufactured by the C.D.C may have been contaminated.
Health-Covid

True: Some coronavirus test kits manufactured by the C.D.C may have been contaminated.
True: Abdurrahman Goodinabali, a labourer from Karnataka has decided to give up his Haj savings to help those in need as nation battles the COVID-19 crisis.
Events-Humanitarian Health-Covid

True: Abdurrahman Goodinabali, a labourer from Karnataka has decided to give up his Haj savings to help those in need as nation battles the COVID-19 crisis.
Misleading: President Trump suggested drinking and injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: President Trump suggested drinking and injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus.
True: COVID-toes is a real symptom of COVID-19.
Health-Covid

True: COVID-toes is a real symptom of COVID-19.
False: Vegetables are the source for spreading COVID-19 in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

False: Vegetables are the source for spreading COVID-19 in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
True: A WhatsApp rumour claims that Elsie Kibue a Kenyan national was falsely portrayed as a Ugandan National who died of COVID-19
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

True: A WhatsApp rumour claims that Elsie Kibue a Kenyan national was falsely portrayed as a Ugandan National who died of COVID-19
True: A total of 31 deaths within the Hywel Dda health board area in west Wales were not included in Public Health Wales statistics.
Health-Covid

True: A total of 31 deaths within the Hywel Dda health board area in west Wales were not included in Public Health Wales statistics.
True: Arkansas has reported at least 2,276 confirmed coronavirus cases and 42 deaths.
Health-Covid

True: Arkansas has reported at least 2,276 confirmed coronavirus cases and 42 deaths.
Misleading: Disaster Management Act, 2005 restricts citizens to post updates on COVID-19.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Disaster Management Act, 2005 restricts citizens to post updates on COVID-19.
False: The new coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquito bites.
Health-Covid

False: The new coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquito bites.
Partly_True: Undersecretary for Science and Technology, Bill Bryan said Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus on surface in 30 seconds
Health-Covid

Partly_True: Undersecretary for Science and Technology, Bill Bryan said Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus on surface in 30 seconds
False: Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina said that all the trials and tests have been conducted for the new medicine named COVID-Organics and its effectiveness in reducing the coronavirus symptoms has been proven for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 in Madagascar.
Health-Covid

False: Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina said that all the trials and tests have been conducted for the new medicine named COVID-Organics and its effectiveness in reducing the coronavirus symptoms has been proven for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 in Madagascar.
False: A bath using granite rock will kill the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: A bath using granite rock will kill the coronavirus.
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