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False: Germany has launched its first coronavirus test drive-in using a former Burger King facility.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

False: Germany has launched its first coronavirus test drive-in using a former Burger King facility.

False: China asks for approval from the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China to euthanise 20,000 coronavirus patients.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: China asks for approval from the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China to euthanise 20,000 coronavirus patients.

False: Alcohol can kill 2019 novel coronavirus.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Alcohol can kill 2019 novel coronavirus.

Misleading: Epidural injections are compulsorily administered during childbirth and it is one of the dangerous injections causing chronic back pain.
Health-General

Misleading: Epidural injections are compulsorily administered during childbirth and it is one of the dangerous injections causing chronic back pain.

True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.
Health-General

True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.

False: Coronavirus source found as bat infestation under roofs in Hubei, China.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

False: Coronavirus source found as bat infestation under roofs in Hubei, China.

False: Cranberry juice helps to get rid of Urinary tract infection.
Health-General

False: Cranberry juice helps to get rid of Urinary tract infection.

True: At least 5 people in China have disappeared, gotten arrested, or been silenced after speaking out about the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

True: At least 5 people in China have disappeared, gotten arrested, or been silenced after speaking out about the coronavirus.

Misleading: Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is banned in several European countries and the U.S.
Health-General Geopolitical-General

Misleading: Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is banned in several European countries and the U.S.

False: Constellation Brands, the makers of Corona beer have reported £132,000,000 loss as a result of coronavirus outbreak.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

False: Constellation Brands, the makers of Corona beer have reported £132,000,000 loss as a result of coronavirus outbreak.

Misleading: An elderly Chinese couple held hands in hospital after they were infected with the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: An elderly Chinese couple held hands in hospital after they were infected with the coronavirus.

True: Infections with 2019 novel coronavirus are being reported in a growing number of international locations, including the United States.
Health-Covid

True: Infections with 2019 novel coronavirus are being reported in a growing number of international locations, including the United States.

False: A video of China disinfecting streets for coronavirus and causing a rainbow is circulated on social media.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: A video of China disinfecting streets for coronavirus and causing a rainbow is circulated on social media.

False: Cannabis kills the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: Cannabis kills the coronavirus.

False: Iranian officials have visited the Vice President, Masoumeh Ebteka in the hospital after she contracted coronavirus.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: Iranian officials have visited the Vice President, Masoumeh Ebteka in the hospital after she contracted coronavirus.

Misleading: A coronavirus related health advisory graphic issued by the World Health Organization has advised the public to avoid unprotected sex with farm animals.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

Misleading: A coronavirus related health advisory graphic issued by the World Health Organization has advised the public to avoid unprotected sex with farm animals.

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