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False: The video of the Italian police arresting a man who has come out to the streets despite COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
Events-General Health-Covid Events-General Health-Covid

False: The video of the Italian police arresting a man who has come out to the streets despite COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
True: Toxic water was released into the Periyar river in Kerala after opening the dam shutters in April 2020.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-General Health-Covid

True: Toxic water was released into the Periyar river in Kerala after opening the dam shutters in April 2020.
False: SSLC examination has been cancelled in Karnataka due to COVID-19.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: SSLC examination has been cancelled in Karnataka due to COVID-19.
Misleading: Washing vegetables with sodium bicarbonate gets rid of the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Washing vegetables with sodium bicarbonate gets rid of the coronavirus.
False: Mass prayer was offered in Italy in the light of coronavirus pandemic.
Conspiracies-General Events-General Health-Covid

False: Mass prayer was offered in Italy in the light of coronavirus pandemic.
False: A news clipping is being shared on social media according to which Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has appealed to its citizens to drink boiled water to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: A news clipping is being shared on social media according to which Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has appealed to its citizens to drink boiled water to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
False: The coronavirus stimulus money has to be paid back to the U.S. government.
Health-Covid Politics-General

False: The coronavirus stimulus money has to be paid back to the U.S. government.
Misleading: A viral video claims that people in the U.S. flouting social distancing to grab essentials.
Events-General Health-Covid

Misleading: A viral video claims that people in the U.S. flouting social distancing to grab essentials.
Misleading: The Obama administration gave nearly $4 million to the Wuhan lab where the coronavirus allegedly leaked from.
Health-Covid Politics-General

Misleading: The Obama administration gave nearly $4 million to the Wuhan lab where the coronavirus allegedly leaked from.
False: GoAir India is charging passengers hefty fees for re-scheduling their tickets for flights that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health-Covid

False: GoAir India is charging passengers hefty fees for re-scheduling their tickets for flights that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
False: Drinking lemon juice will help to fight the coronavirus.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Drinking lemon juice will help to fight the coronavirus.
False: Applying sesame oil will stop the new coronavirus from entering the human body.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Applying sesame oil will stop the new coronavirus from entering the human body.
False: A set of pictures of patients waiting outside have been shared online claiming to be of COVID-19 patients with no more space available in Italian hospitals.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: A set of pictures of patients waiting outside have been shared online claiming to be of COVID-19 patients with no more space available in Italian hospitals.
False: Consuming milk can fight the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: Consuming milk can fight the coronavirus.
True: The overall number of people dying in care homes in the U.K. is three times higher than it was before the pandemic started.
Health-Covid

True: The overall number of people dying in care homes in the U.K. is three times higher than it was before the pandemic started.
Misleading: With 25,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in India on 24 April 2020, all the shops have been opened for the Ramadan season but previously with relatively fewer cases Holi, Ugadi and Easter festivals were not celebrated.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

Misleading: With 25,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in India on 24 April 2020, all the shops have been opened for the Ramadan season but previously with relatively fewer cases Holi, Ugadi and Easter festivals were not celebrated.
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