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True: Indians have been googling the fake NASA Diwali image in April 2020 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 3 April 2020 address.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: Indians have been googling the fake NASA Diwali image in April 2020 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 3 April 2020 address.
False: An Iraqi medical drug production company announces the discovery of an anti-coronavirus treatment.
Health-Covid

False: An Iraqi medical drug production company announces the discovery of an anti-coronavirus treatment.
Misleading: Trump had suggested that Ultraviolet light, humidity and disinfectants could be used to treat the virus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Trump had suggested that Ultraviolet light, humidity and disinfectants could be used to treat the virus.
True: Hundreds of migrant workers had gathered at Mumbai’s Bandra station on 14 April 2020, after allegedly hearing false news that the government was running trains to transport them back home.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

True: Hundreds of migrant workers had gathered at Mumbai’s Bandra station on 14 April 2020, after allegedly hearing false news that the government was running trains to transport them back home.
True: The Indian Express and Business Standard have asked their staff to take salary cuts.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: The Indian Express and Business Standard have asked their staff to take salary cuts.
False: Hydroxychloroquine is being used for compassionate treatment in the United Kingdom.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: Hydroxychloroquine is being used for compassionate treatment in the United Kingdom.
False: An employee of the funeral home in the United States was accidentally cremated while sleeping.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: An employee of the funeral home in the United States was accidentally cremated while sleeping.
Misleading: The BCG vaccine works against the novel coronavirus.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The BCG vaccine works against the novel coronavirus.
True: In just 3 weeks, more than 16 million United States workers have lost their jobs as the coronavirus outbreak shut down many businesses and it amounts to more losses than the most recent recession produced over 2 years from December 2007 to June 2009.
Health-Covid

True: In just 3 weeks, more than 16 million United States workers have lost their jobs as the coronavirus outbreak shut down many businesses and it amounts to more losses than the most recent recession produced over 2 years from December 2007 to June 2009.
False: A massive lasagna will be cooked at Wembley stadium in London.
Health-Covid Media-Sports

False: A massive lasagna will be cooked at Wembley stadium in London.
False: People in Italy have thrown all of their money on the streets saying that it cannot save them from death due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Events-General Geopolitical-General Health-Covid

False: People in Italy have thrown all of their money on the streets saying that it cannot save them from death due to the coronavirus outbreak.
False: There is no evidence that the hydroxychloroquine drug even works against the coronavirus other than rumours and preliminary data.
Health-Covid

False: There is no evidence that the hydroxychloroquine drug even works against the coronavirus other than rumours and preliminary data.
False: The Fort Detrick lab in the United States is the origin place of the 2019 coronavirus which was forced to shut down when the virus leaked.
Health-Covid

False: The Fort Detrick lab in the United States is the origin place of the 2019 coronavirus which was forced to shut down when the virus leaked.
False: A video shows Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra flouting coronavirus lockdown and travelling across cities.
Health-Covid Politics-People

False: A video shows Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra flouting coronavirus lockdown and travelling across cities.
True: 72 families in South Delhi are quarantined after a pizza delivery boy tests positive for COVID-19.
Events-General Health-Covid Human Rights-General Events-General Health-Covid Human Rights-General

True: 72 families in South Delhi are quarantined after a pizza delivery boy tests positive for COVID-19.
Misleading: 15 districts in Uttar Pradesh will be sealed down entirely amid coronavirus pandemic.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

Misleading: 15 districts in Uttar Pradesh will be sealed down entirely amid coronavirus pandemic.
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