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Misleading: Japan has successfully developed a vaccine for COVID-19 called Avigan.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Japan has successfully developed a vaccine for COVID-19 called Avigan.
True: Burger King, KFC, and Pret announce limited UK reopenings.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: Burger King, KFC, and Pret announce limited UK reopenings.
False: COVID-19 can be cured within 2 hours by drinking bitter gourd juice.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 can be cured within 2 hours by drinking bitter gourd juice.
False: The medicinal plant Andrographis paniculate is an effective medicine to stop COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The medicinal plant Andrographis paniculate is an effective medicine to stop COVID-19.
True: The U.S. has not done the most testing per capita though Trump has claimed that the U.S. has more coronavirus cases because it has done more testing.
Geopolitical-General Health-Covid

True: The U.S. has not done the most testing per capita though Trump has claimed that the U.S. has more coronavirus cases because it has done more testing.
True: A tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus after developing a dry cough.
Health-Covid

True: A tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus after developing a dry cough.
False: Cases of COVID-19 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were seen long before the first cases in the U.S were reported.
Events-General Health-Covid Events-General Health-Covid

False: Cases of COVID-19 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were seen long before the first cases in the U.S were reported.
False: Kenya government had deployed the Maasai tribe to implement curfew.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: Kenya government had deployed the Maasai tribe to implement curfew.
False: A video is circulating in Australia claiming that Bananas are an effective defence against the COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: A video is circulating in Australia claiming that Bananas are an effective defence against the COVID-19.
False: The man behind Hydroxychloroquine is a well-known Indian Scientist Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The man behind Hydroxychloroquine is a well-known Indian Scientist Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.
Partly_True: Maharashtra and Gujarat remain on top in COVID-19 deaths even though they are not related to the Tablighi Jamat.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

Partly_True: Maharashtra and Gujarat remain on top in COVID-19 deaths even though they are not related to the Tablighi Jamat.
False: A video shows an hospital in the U.S is being flooded with bodies due to coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: A video shows an hospital in the U.S is being flooded with bodies due to coronavirus.
True: The Supreme Court of India has ordered coronavirus tests to be made free.
Health-Covid

True: The Supreme Court of India has ordered coronavirus tests to be made free.
False: Burj Khalifa is visible from Noida because of less pollution.
Climate-General Health-Covid

False: Burj Khalifa is visible from Noida because of less pollution.
True: Nai Duniya, an Urdu Weekly Magazine has stopped its publication for the first time since 1973 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Health-Covid Media-General

True: Nai Duniya, an Urdu Weekly Magazine has stopped its publication for the first time since 1973 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
False: Amul is shutting its chilling stations amid COVID-19 scare.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

False: Amul is shutting its chilling stations amid COVID-19 scare.
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