New study estimates mask wearing could cut R number by 25%, not 0.25
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham appeared to misquote the study on the Today programme Read
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Golden oldies: Are one in five pensioners millionaires?
A quarter of over 65s live in households with wealth above a million pounds. Read
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Italy aren’t going to be disqualified from Euro 2020
Claims the Azzurri fielded a suspended player in the final are false. Read
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A Portuguese court hasn’t said there have only been 152 Covid deaths
This was just the number of deaths recorded by doctors from the Ministry of Justice, who typically only deal with deaths where there is a suspicion of foul play. Read
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No evidence Covid-19 vaccines are 'overwhelming' NHS services
A website article misleadingly claims the Covid-19 vaccine drive has “overwhelmed” the NHS. Read
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Video shares falsehoods about face masks and asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
Footage of a meeting in Orange County, California, in 2020 shares a lot of false information about asymptomatic spread of Covid-19 and the use of facemasks. Read
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Viral Euro 2020 video shows football fans pushing into Wembley Stadium
Claims that a video shows England and Italy fans clashing after the match are inaccurate. Read
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US fact checking site did not endorse a Fox News broadcast
A video of a Fox News broadcast has been altered to incorrectly suggest US fact checking organisation PolitiFact endorsed it. Read
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Covid-19 mutated long before mass vaccine roll-outs
All four variants of concern were identified before mass vaccine roll-outs. Read
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WHO advice about asymptomatic transmission has changed since the start of the pandemic
A video claiming to show Matt Hancock saying WHO had told him there was little asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19 takes his words out of context. Read
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