Cross-border misinformation: Vladimir Putin’s daughter dies after receiving Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Rei Ofuna (InFact) A twitter post by a cartoonist Kobun Son claiming “President Putin’s daughter has died a…
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Unsubstantiated information: COVID-19 patients in Fukuoka and Gunma commit suicide after suffering abuse
By Rei Ofuna (InFact) Several posts have been surfacing claiming that a few COVID-19 patients and their…
Unfounded: The man who won the Nobel Prize for developing the PCR methods says, ‘It’s not fit to identify viruses’
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Unsubstantiated information: German high schools get free tests for the novel coronavirus twice a week
A tweet claiming “German high schools are offering free saliva tests for the novel coronavirus twice a w…
False: Tokyo infection figures can’t exceed 300 people per day due to the use of fax machines
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Cross-border misinformation: President of Ghana reveals a Covid-19 conspiracy
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Inaccurate: Japanese government to subsidize half of travel expenses for foreign tourists
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False: PCR test also detects common cold viruses
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Inaccurate: PCR test swab length “twice as long as for the flu” makes testing painful
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Inaccurate: Countries with more PCR tests have more deaths
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