Prevention

Fact checks on what medical and social measures aid the prevention of the virus and what misleading information we are seeing

30 July 2020

Washing your glasses with soap can help prevent fogging when wearing a mask

The soap disrupts the surface tension which causes the fogging.

28 July 2020

You do not have to legally lower your mask for lip-readers

Lowering your mask to assist those who lip-read is allowed, but not legally required.

17 July 2020

Mask graphic contains a number of inaccuracies

A post has claimed that Covid-19 can’t be spread person to person. This is the main way the disease spreads.

17 July 2020

Police do have legal powers to enforce face covering laws

Some police officers and groups have suggested the new mask rules may be tricky to enforce.

6 July 2020

Coronavirus cures: debunked

We’ve been asked by readers to find the truth about many alleged ‘cures’ for Covid-19.

24 June 2020

Alcohol-based hand sanitiser cannot catch fire, without a spark, just because it's in a hot car

Hand sanitiser can only ignite at temperatures found in a hot car if there is a spark.

23 June 2020

Does any country have 'a functioning track and trace app'?

Boris Johnson claimed no country currently has a functioning Covid-19 track and trace app.

16 June 2020

The Covid-19 track and trace app has not been automatically downloaded onto people’s phones

“COVID-19 exposure notifications” is not an app—it is an API that can work with tracing apps if they are downloaded.

11 June 2020

A viral post on autopsies, Italy and the new coronavirus has many inaccuracies

Covid-19 is not caused by bacteria.

4 June 2020

What is ‘shielding’ and who needs to do it?

Readers have asked Full Fact to look into the guidance around ‘shielding’ during the Covid-19 pandemic .

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Washing your glasses with soap can help prevent fogging when wearing a mask

You do not have to legally lower your mask for lip-readers

Mask graphic contains a number of inaccuracies

Police do have legal powers to enforce face covering laws

Coronavirus cures: debunked

Alcohol-based hand sanitiser cannot catch fire, without a spark, just because it's in a hot car

Does any country have 'a functioning track and trace app'?

The Covid-19 track and trace app has not been automatically downloaded onto people’s phones

A viral post on autopsies, Italy and the new coronavirus has many inaccuracies

What is ‘shielding’ and who needs to do it?

Full Fact fights bad information