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True: The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a criminal complaint against a youth who sought oxygen for his grandfather via Twitter.
Health-General Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

True: The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a criminal complaint against a youth who sought oxygen for his grandfather via Twitter.

True: A fake free COVID-19 vaccine registration text message is circulating in India.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: A fake free COVID-19 vaccine registration text message is circulating in India.

False: President Joe Biden said the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory in the U.S.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

False: President Joe Biden said the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory in the U.S.

False: A fourth stimulus payment limited to Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 to be announced.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

False: A fourth stimulus payment limited to Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 to be announced.

False: Pakistan has sent oxygen tankers to India as part of the COVID-19 aid package.
Geopolitical-Humanitarian Health-Covid

False: Pakistan has sent oxygen tankers to India as part of the COVID-19 aid package.

Partly_True: India's Covaxin can neutralize the 617 double mutant variant of COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Partly_True: India's Covaxin can neutralize the 617 double mutant variant of COVID-19.

True: A full lockdown has been declared in the Indian state of Bihar until May 15, 2021.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: A full lockdown has been declared in the Indian state of Bihar until May 15, 2021.

False: Indian spiritual leader Baba Ramdev has been hospitalized and is on ventilator support.
Economics-Business Health-General Media-Celebrities

False: Indian spiritual leader Baba Ramdev has been hospitalized and is on ventilator support.

True: Recovering COVID-19 patients should wait two to six weeks before donating plasma.
Health-Covid

True: Recovering COVID-19 patients should wait two to six weeks before donating plasma.

True: The US has backed the vaccine patent waiver proposed by India and South Africa.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

True: The US has backed the vaccine patent waiver proposed by India and South Africa.

True: COVID-19 norms flouted in Hathras during election counting.
Health-Covid Politics-Elections

True: COVID-19 norms flouted in Hathras during election counting.

False: The American Red Cross will not accept convalescent plasma donations from people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The American Red Cross will not accept convalescent plasma donations from people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

True: Israel has lifted mandatory outdoor mask-wearing as COVID-19 cases declined.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Israel has lifted mandatory outdoor mask-wearing as COVID-19 cases declined.

True: COVID-19-induced black fungus cases reported in Delhi hospitals.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: COVID-19-induced black fungus cases reported in Delhi hospitals.

Misleading: India's Covaxin generates fewer antibodies against the B.1.617 strand of COVID-19 than other forms of the virus.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: India's Covaxin generates fewer antibodies against the B.1.617 strand of COVID-19 than other forms of the virus.

False: A fully vaccinated individual cannot transmit COVID-19 to an unvaccinated person.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: A fully vaccinated individual cannot transmit COVID-19 to an unvaccinated person.

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