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The Infodemic: UK Deaths Linked to COVID-19 Didn't Stop in June


FILE - Pedestrians walk near public health signs in London, Britain, Sept. 11, 2020.
FILE - Pedestrians walk near public health signs in London, Britain, Sept. 11, 2020.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: UK deaths linked to COVID-19 stopped in June.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Social Media Disinfo

Jacob Keeperman/Renown Regional Medical Center via AP

Circulating on social media: Claim that a photo showing a doctor standing in front of empty hospital beds at a Reno, Nevada, auxiliary care site for COVID-19 patients proves that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Associated Press

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