Ask Full Fact: your new coronavirus questions answered
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Your questions: answered
Your pets almost certainly won’t give you Covid-19
Children aren’t immune from the new coronavirus
Experts say soap and water is preferable, but high alcohol sanitiser does work
A rash is now listed as a possible symptom of the new coronavirus
Viral post about someone’s uncle’s coronavirus advice is not all it’s cracked up to be
How does the new coronavirus compare to influenza?
It's very rare to catch Covid-19 twice
What counts as essential travel during the Covid-19 lockdown?
This video of body bags in a hospital was not filmed in St Mary’s, London
What do we know about cats and the new coronavirus?
This viral coronavirus breathing advice needs context
This viral voice message about ambulances shared on WhatsApp is inaccurate
Do face masks protect against the new coronavirus?
How does the new coronavirus affect pregnancy?
These death figures are correct, but deaths from Covid-19 are still rising
Event 201 didn’t predict the Covid-19 pandemic
Some context for the claims that Romanian seasonal workers are taking UK workers’ jobs
No, Jennifer Saunders did not write this statement about PPE shortages
A Nobel Prize-winning immunologist has not said coronavirus is manmade, as claimed
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