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False: Cristiano Ronaldo has been converting his hotels into hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Health-Covid Media-Sports

False: Cristiano Ronaldo has been converting his hotels into hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak.

False: Tens of millions of Americans will receive their stimulus check late because President Donald Trump wanted his name on the checks.
Health-Covid Politics-General

False: Tens of millions of Americans will receive their stimulus check late because President Donald Trump wanted his name on the checks.

Misleading: Kerala government has been selling COVID-19 related data to a U.S. firm named Sprinklr.
Events-Activism Health-Covid Politics-General

Misleading: Kerala government has been selling COVID-19 related data to a U.S. firm named Sprinklr.

False: A viral image claims to be of cows wearing masks in Uttar Pradesh amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Health-Covid

False: A viral image claims to be of cows wearing masks in Uttar Pradesh amid the coronavirus pandemic.

False: Testing ground for a new coronavirus vaccine will be Africa.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Human Rights-Race

False: Testing ground for a new coronavirus vaccine will be Africa.

True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.
Geopolitical-General Health-Pharma

True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.

False: Bill Gates is behind the creation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Bill Gates is behind the creation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

False: Applying olive oil in nostrils is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Applying olive oil in nostrils is an effective treatment for COVID-19.

True: One can be imprisoned up to 5 years in Hungary for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: One can be imprisoned up to 5 years in Hungary for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

False: India demands unrestricted access to the U.S. market for its pharma companies in return for hydroxychloroquine.
Geopolitical-Policy Health-Pharma

False: India demands unrestricted access to the U.S. market for its pharma companies in return for hydroxychloroquine.

False: A hospital in Ahmedabad splits COVID-19 wards on the basis of faith and religion.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

False: A hospital in Ahmedabad splits COVID-19 wards on the basis of faith and religion.

False: Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill the COVID-19 virus.
Health-Covid

False: Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill the COVID-19 virus.

False: An image has been circulated claiming to be the last photo of Dr Hadio Ali who recently died while treating people infected with the coronavirus in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Health-Covid

False: An image has been circulated claiming to be the last photo of Dr Hadio Ali who recently died while treating people infected with the coronavirus in Jakarta, Indonesia.

True: Rajasthan doctors cure coronavirus patients with a combination of anti-viral drugs.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

True: Rajasthan doctors cure coronavirus patients with a combination of anti-viral drugs.

False: Bisleri mineral water is safe for drinking.
Health-General

False: Bisleri mineral water is safe for drinking.

False: The novel coronavirus cannot spread through newspapers.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

False: The novel coronavirus cannot spread through newspapers.

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