This page brings together Full Fact’s fact checks on Covid-19, covering common claims, vaccine safety and efficacy, symptoms, treatments, government policies, and misinformation. We review evidence, correct errors, and monitor evolving science to help you make informed decisions.
The photo is from 2020 as the Mail claimed and first appeared on a Facebook group for canal boat owners. Read
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The new coronavirus can cause many thousands of deaths even though Covid-19 is no longer considered a “high consequence infectious disease”. Read
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It is still too early to know the effect of school openings will have on coronavirus cases in France. Read
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New findings that 19 million people in the UK have already had the new coronavirus are very uncertain. Read
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The Wayback Machine website shows the edit being made in mid-April 2020. Read
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A quarter of patients who died with Covid-19 in English hospitals had diabetes. But that doesn’t mean that all these deaths were linked to diabetes. Read
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In PMQs, Boris Johnson misspoke by saying 125,000 care home staff and 118,000 care home workers have been tested for coronavirus. Read
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Official data shows that most people who died from Covid-19 had other conditions, not that these conditions were the real cause of their death. Read
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Figures on the number of NHS workers who have died from the new coronavirus are incomplete. Read
It is thought that the new coronavirus originated from bats and was transmitted to humans through another animal. Read
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