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True: Adar Poonawalla says he has been receiving threats over the COVID-19 vaccine supply.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: Adar Poonawalla says he has been receiving threats over the COVID-19 vaccine supply.

True: Two players in the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders have tested positive for COVID-19.
Health-Covid Media-Sports

True: Two players in the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders have tested positive for COVID-19.

Partly_True: The number of COVID-19 recovery cases is higher in India than in the U.S.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: The number of COVID-19 recovery cases is higher in India than in the U.S.

False: "The Ghaziabad girl" who donated to the PM CARES fund died due to a shortage of medical oxygen.
Events-Humanitarian Health-Covid

False: "The Ghaziabad girl" who donated to the PM CARES fund died due to a shortage of medical oxygen.

False: Lockdown has been imposed in India between May 3-20, 2021, amid the second COVID-19 wave.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Lockdown has been imposed in India between May 3-20, 2021, amid the second COVID-19 wave.

Partly_True: COVID-19 vaccines are mandatory for students in colleges in the U.S.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

Partly_True: COVID-19 vaccines are mandatory for students in colleges in the U.S.

True: Medical experts have warned that a third wave of COVID-19 in India is inevitable.
Health-Covid

True: Medical experts have warned that a third wave of COVID-19 in India is inevitable.

Partly_True: A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can nearly halve the transmission of the virus.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Partly_True: A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can nearly halve the transmission of the virus.

True: Hand sanitizers help kill germs but they do not clean one's hands.
Health-General

True: Hand sanitizers help kill germs but they do not clean one's hands.

False: Apetamin is a safe drug for gaining weight.
Health-General

False: Apetamin is a safe drug for gaining weight.

Partly_True: Double masking provides extra protection against COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

Partly_True: Double masking provides extra protection against COVID-19.

True: Haridwar has reported around 2000 positive COVID-19 cases between April 10 to 15, 2021.
Health-Covid

True: Haridwar has reported around 2000 positive COVID-19 cases between April 10 to 15, 2021.

False: A video clip circulating online shows people collapsing in the street in India due to COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: A video clip circulating online shows people collapsing in the street in India due to COVID-19.

Misleading: Eight percent of people are responsible for 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in India
Health-Covid

Misleading: Eight percent of people are responsible for 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in India

True: Weekend curfew imposed in Delhi to contain COVID-19 pandemic.
Health-Covid

True: Weekend curfew imposed in Delhi to contain COVID-19 pandemic.

False: COVID-19 is a mental illness.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 is a mental illness.

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