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Putin stated that Russians had the option to either stay at home for 15 days or to land in jail for 5 years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Putin stated that Russians had the option to either stay at home for 15 days or to land in jail for 5 years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
True: Richard Jones, an innocent man had spent 17 years in prison until he found his doppelganger with the same first name in the same prison, and he was released in 2017.
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True: Richard Jones, an innocent man had spent 17 years in prison until he found his doppelganger with the same first name in the same prison, and he was released in 2017.
True: The Imperial College report on COVID-19 led to the extreme measures seen in the United States in the third week of March 2020.
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True: The Imperial College report on COVID-19 led to the extreme measures seen in the United States in the third week of March 2020.
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.
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: President Donald Trump has closed borders to immigrants from entering the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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True: President Donald Trump has closed borders to immigrants from entering the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
True: Around 70,000 more soldiers have been deployed in South Africa to help enforce the lockdown due to the pandemic.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

True: Around 70,000 more soldiers have been deployed in South Africa to help enforce the lockdown due to the pandemic.
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.
False: A set of pictures of patients waiting outside have been shared online claiming to be of COVID-19 patients with no more space available in Italian hospitals.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: A set of pictures of patients waiting outside have been shared online claiming to be of COVID-19 patients with no more space available in Italian hospitals.
True: Saudi Arabia to end flogging as a form of punishment.
Human Rights-General

True: Saudi Arabia to end flogging as a form of punishment.
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.
True: 72 families in South Delhi are quarantined after a pizza delivery boy tests positive for COVID-19.
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True: 72 families in South Delhi are quarantined after a pizza delivery boy tests positive for COVID-19.
False: A viral image shows Delhi Police trying to hit a child with a baton.
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False: A viral image shows Delhi Police trying to hit a child with a baton.
True: Sanders is leading the LGBTQ vote in the Democratic primary race.
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True: Sanders is leading the LGBTQ vote in the Democratic primary race.
True: Stacy Bailey, a teacher who was suspended and sent on a paid leave for showing students a picture of her fiancée wins a $100,000 settlement with the Mansfield Independent School District.
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True: Stacy Bailey, a teacher who was suspended and sent on a paid leave for showing students a picture of her fiancée wins a $100,000 settlement with the Mansfield Independent School District.
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