This page brings together Full Fact’s fact checks on Covid-19, covering common claims, vaccine safety and efficacy, symptoms, treatments, government policies, and misinformation. We review evidence, correct errors, and monitor evolving science to help you make informed decisions.
The paper, which was retracted days after it was published, did not prove any link between 5G and coronaviruses. Read
Six members of the Ukrainian military have died of Covid-19 so far, but that wasn’t anything to do with a vaccine. Read
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Matt Hancock misspoke saying that 79.7% of close contacts of infected people are being reached by test and trace. Read
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Figures from the Office for National Statistics are being widely misunderstood. Flu isn’t the underlying cause of death for more people than Covid-19 at the moment, but pneumonia probably is. Read
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A study into the quantity of Covid-19 carried by some children does not prove they are ‘silent super-spreaders’. Read
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Provided you travel directly to your point of departure you can travel from England during the 14 day quarantine period. Read
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These thermometers do not emit infrared radiation, they measure it. Read
The app hasn’t been binned, although the government did change direction with their original app to instead use the Google/Apple system. Read
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Legionnaires’ disease is a bacterial infection caught through water. Read
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mRNA works by instructing cells, not altering DNA. Read
