Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: Russia's state-controlled RIA Novosti news agency reported on April 5 that a source “close to the leadership of England’s NHS” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson “would be provided mechanical lung ventilation.”
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Disinformaton Targets Boris Johnson's State of Health," EUvsDisinfo.
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Posts attributing a list of points about the novel coronavirus to Johns Hopkins University.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: "Misleading coronavirus information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins" -- Agence France-Presse
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Pick of the coronavirus papers: Intensive testing finds a small town’s many silent infections
A large proportion of people with COVID-19 have no symptoms, according to research in a small Italian town.
-- Nature, April 23
