Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.Daily DebunkClaim: COVID-19 vaccines have been designed so that recipients can transmit their inoculations.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: ReutersSocial Media Disinfo ScreenshotCirculating on social media: Video featuring a purported doctor claiming that gargling with an antiseptic prevents COVID-19 infection.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: Agence France-PresseFactual Reads on CoronavirusIndia accounts for 46% of world’s new COVID-19 cases, quarter of deaths
The surge of the coronavirus in India, including of a highly infectious new variant first identified there, has seen hospitals runs out of beds and oxygen, and morgues and crematoriums overflowing.
— Reuters, May 5
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