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.
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
The photo was taken before the government ordered mosques, churches and other places of worship to close. Read
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
Hundreds of thousands have shared claims on Facebook that pets don’t carry the virus. Read
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
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
Health
Graphics containing false advice about the new coronavirus, with Unicef branding have been spreading online. Read
Health
Claims that children can’t get Covid-19 are incorrect. Read
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
Read separately, the quotes do not sound much like the new Wuhan coronavirus at all. Read
