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This letter claiming to be from a doctor in Surrey is full of errors
Claims about hospital attendance figures, death certificates, and empty ambulances are all false. Read
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When did lockdown begin in the UK?
Matt Hancock claimed lockdown began a week before Boris Johnson instructed the country to ‘stay at home’. Read
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Mirror claims NHS staff work 11 hours unpaid overtime on average but it’s probably more like two hours
NHS staff survey data suggests the average respondent in 2019 worked around two hours unpaid overtime. Even this should be taken with a pinch of salt. Read
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Cohabiting grandparents cannot bubble with a couple and their grandchildren
The Prime Minister suggested that grandparents could bubble with the household of their grandchildren. This isn’t always allowed. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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Independent SAGE’s estimated death rate is too high
It is wrong to suggest that the government has said it would be happy for the Covid-19 death rate to remain at this level. Read
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Claims that Muslims caused Leicester’s Covid-19 outbreak are baseless
It is still too early to give a definitive explanation for why Leicester’s outbreak happened. Read
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Tony and Cherie Blair are not directors of a PFI consortium
There is no evidence for this claim Read
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Government issues contradictory advice on travel quarantine
The government has given conflicting advice about who needs to quarantine after travelling home from abroad from 10 July. Read
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