Facebook post on how to make a silent 999 call is misleading
If you can’t talk on an emergency call, this is what to do. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Crime
If you need the police but can’t talk, dial 999 from a mobile, then 55 when prompted and don’t hang up
If you can’t talk but need the police, you can dial 55 when prompted on a 999 call from a mobile. Read
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Claims about Swansea nurses dying in intensive care were false
The claim that three nurses had died in a Swansea ITU, presumably from Covid-19, was false. Read
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£20 notes don’t have a secret message about 5G and coronavirus
The so-called 5G tower is actually Margate lighthouse, and there’s no evidence 5G can hurt you. Read
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Ignore these pranks on Facebook saying lockdown will be lifted in the next few days
Claims circulating on April Fool’s Day have claimed the UK lockdown could be lifted in the next few days. That’s not correct. Read
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Photo circulating of busy mosque was taken before lockdown
The photo was taken before the government ordered mosques, churches and other places of worship to close. Read
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We don’t yet know if anti-malaria drug chloroquine is a cure for Covid-19
People have been claiming that the drug, and a similar one hydroxychloroquine cures the virus. We don’t know if that’s true yet. Read
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There’s still no evidence that you can catch the new coronavirus from your pet
Hundreds of thousands have shared claims on Facebook that pets don’t carry the virus. Read
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A government report didn’t say the countryside was “too white”
The government did publish a report about national parks, and parts of it discuss how to encourage black, Asian and minority ethnic people to visit these areas. Read
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List of symptoms and how to prevent the new coronavirus contains inaccuracies
The viral post makes a number of claims about the symptoms of and ways to prevent Covid-19, but not all of them are right. Read
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