The Infodemic: Reports About India COVID Crisis Aren't 'UK Government Ploy to Keep People Terrified'

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 mourns at a crematorium in Jammu, India, April 30, 2021.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: Reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in India are "a UK government ploy to keep people terrified."

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that San Francisco had "twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths" in 2020.

Verdict: True

Read the full story at: PolitiFact

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

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-- New York Times, April 29