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False: A suspected case of coronavirus has been detained by police in Bareilly's CB Ganj.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: A suspected case of coronavirus has been detained by police in Bareilly's CB Ganj.

True: Razia Begum, a Telangana woman rode 1400 km on a two-wheeler to bring back her son who was stranded in Andhra Pradesh.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: Razia Begum, a Telangana woman rode 1400 km on a two-wheeler to bring back her son who was stranded in Andhra Pradesh.

True: Eastern European farmworkers are flown to the UK on charter flights to pick fruit and vegetable crops.
Economics-General Health-Covid

True: Eastern European farmworkers are flown to the UK on charter flights to pick fruit and vegetable crops.

False: A viral video on social media claims that the lockdown situation in South Africa has collapsed and people are out on the streets due to hunger.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: A viral video on social media claims that the lockdown situation in South Africa has collapsed and people are out on the streets due to hunger.

Misleading: The UK government has announced a grant pay of £100 a day to stay at home to avoid the spread of COVID-19 which is accessible to all, regardless of employment status.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

Misleading: The UK government has announced a grant pay of £100 a day to stay at home to avoid the spread of COVID-19 which is accessible to all, regardless of employment status.

False: Actor Tom Hanks passed away at 63.
Health-Covid Media-Celebrities

False: Actor Tom Hanks passed away at 63.

False: The coronavirus has been spreading because of non-vegetarian food.
Health-Covid

False: The coronavirus has been spreading because of non-vegetarian food.

True: President Trump said that the coronavirus started in China and called it a foreign virus in his remarks.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: President Trump said that the coronavirus started in China and called it a foreign virus in his remarks.

True: A cafe in Bangkok uses a pulley system to serve coffee and accept cash in an effort to practice social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Economics-General Health-Covid Economics-General Health-Covid

True: A cafe in Bangkok uses a pulley system to serve coffee and accept cash in an effort to practice social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak.

True: President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Politics-General

True: President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19.

False: 59 people in a church have died after drinking Dettol to prevent the coronavirus infection.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: 59 people in a church have died after drinking Dettol to prevent the coronavirus infection.

True: COVID-19 quarantine facilities have been set up in several cities in India, says Indian Army Director General of Medical Services
Health-Covid

True: COVID-19 quarantine facilities have been set up in several cities in India, says Indian Army Director General of Medical Services

True: Iran's burial sites for coronavirus victims is visible from Space.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: Iran's burial sites for coronavirus victims is visible from Space.

False: Scientists in Israel are likely to announce that they have developed a vaccine for coronavirus.
Events-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Scientists in Israel are likely to announce that they have developed a vaccine for coronavirus.

True: The coronavirus advisory heard at the beginning of phone calls can be avoided by pressing '1'.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: The coronavirus advisory heard at the beginning of phone calls can be avoided by pressing '1'.

False: Hantavirus came about in March 2020.
Health-General

False: Hantavirus came about in March 2020.

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