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False: World Health Organisation supported false Chinese government propaganda that the coronavirus was not contagious among humans.
Geopolitical-Humanitarian Health-Covid

False: World Health Organisation supported false Chinese government propaganda that the coronavirus was not contagious among humans.
False: Patient Zero in Wuhan is from the United States working for the U.S. Army.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Patient Zero in Wuhan is from the United States working for the U.S. Army.
False: Janata curfew was requested by PM Modi as the Government of India intended to spray medicines by aeroplanes from the sky to control the spreading of COVID-19.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Janata curfew was requested by PM Modi as the Government of India intended to spray medicines by aeroplanes from the sky to control the spreading of COVID-19.
False: A viral image claims to be of a doctor couple who died after contracting COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: A viral image claims to be of a doctor couple who died after contracting COVID-19.
True: Under Joe Biden's vice presidency, there were just under 61 million Americans infected with H1N1 Swine Flu and over 12,000 deaths.
Health-General

True: Under Joe Biden's vice presidency, there were just under 61 million Americans infected with H1N1 Swine Flu and over 12,000 deaths.
Misleading: Elizabeth Warren changed her position on universal health care during the primary.
Health-General Politics-People

Misleading: Elizabeth Warren changed her position on universal health care during the primary.
True: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been tested positive for COVID-19.
Health-Covid

True: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been tested positive for COVID-19.
False: Lockdown in Maharashtra had been extended to 30 April 30 2020 by the order of the Mumbai High Court.
Health-Covid

False: Lockdown in Maharashtra had been extended to 30 April 30 2020 by the order of the Mumbai High Court.
False: According to Donald Trump, people should go to work if they only have mild coronavirus symptoms.
Health-Covid Politics-General

False: According to Donald Trump, people should go to work if they only have mild coronavirus symptoms.
False: Arsenic alb 30 p, sold by medical shops in Bangalore, is effective at preventing coronavirus
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: Arsenic alb 30 p, sold by medical shops in Bangalore, is effective at preventing coronavirus
Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.
Health-General Politics-People

Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.
False: Russian President Vladimir Putin has released around 500 lions to make people stay indoors during the coronavirus outbreak in Russia.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: Russian President Vladimir Putin has released around 500 lions to make people stay indoors during the coronavirus outbreak in Russia.
False: There is hysteria during the current outbreak of coronavirus, whereas people were calm and collected during the H1N1 outbreak during Obama's presidency.
Health-General Politics-General

False: There is hysteria during the current outbreak of coronavirus, whereas people were calm and collected during the H1N1 outbreak during Obama's presidency.
True: Pierre Haren and David Simchi-Levi in Harvard Business Review at the end of February had predicted that global supply chain disruption would begin to occur at scale in mid-March.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: Pierre Haren and David Simchi-Levi in Harvard Business Review at the end of February had predicted that global supply chain disruption would begin to occur at scale in mid-March.
True: Queen Elizabeth II has retreated to the Windsor Castle to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
Health-Covid Media-Celebrities

True: Queen Elizabeth II has retreated to the Windsor Castle to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
False: President of Italy was seen crying over situations due to the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

False: President of Italy was seen crying over situations due to the coronavirus.
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