Viral claim about France’s tax-free health care workers bonus needs context
Care workers in nursing homes will get a bonus but we don’t yet know how much. Read
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There is no evidence supporting claims about a government-run network of fake NHS Twitter accounts
Viral posts on social media claim to have uncovered a network of fake Twitter accounts created to post pro-government messages. There is no evidence for this. Read
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JustGiving are not keeping £2m from donations to Captain Tom
Posts on social media claim the platform kept money raised by the veteran and intended for NHS Charities Together. Read
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The German government hasn’t billed China for “coronavirus damages”
An article in the Express suggested the German government had billed China for “coronavirus damages.” The bill was mocked up by a German newspaper. Read
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The nurses that treated Boris Johnson for coronavirus are real UK nurses
Both are registered nurses working at St Thomas’s hospital. Read
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No, the UK didn’t turn down 50,000 ventilators offered by the EU
The UK did not join an EU scheme to stockpile medical equipment. However, even if the UK had joined this scheme, the budget would deliver nowhere near 50,000 ventilators across all participants. Read
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Government misses one of its Covid-19 test targets
Government committed to 25,000 tests a day by mid-April, later relaxed to “mid to late April”. Latest figures show 18,665 tests a day. Read
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The NHS is not asking people with type O negative blood to go to donate at Manchester Royal Infirmary
NHS Blood and Transplant have said that the post asking for donors in Manchester is fake. Read
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Claim that Conservatives voted against a nurse pay rise needs some context
In 2017 the Conservatives voted against a Labour amendment aiming to end the public sector pay rise cap, before ending it themselves anyway for the next financial year. Read
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How does the new coronavirus affect pregnancy?
There is currently no evidence to suggest that pregnant women or their unborn babies are at higher risk from Covid-19. Read
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