The makers of Dettol did not know about the new Wuhan coronavirus before the rest of us
Coronavirus is a category of viruses which includes the common cold, as well as the new Wuhan coronavirus. Read
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This company is based in Shanghai, not Wuhan
Authorities have not yet traced the origin of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
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The Wuhan coronavirus has nothing to do with 5G
Lots of cities in China have 5G coverage, not just the city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
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The virus in this clinical study is not the coronavirus seen in China in 2019/2020
Facebook posts incorrectly claim a vaccine to the Wuhan coronavirus was trialled earlier this month. The study trialled a vaccine to MERS, a different type of coronavirus. Read
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A mistake did mean a town with a voting population of around 6,400 did have an election where 41,000 votes were counted
The error occurred due to block votes being counted for each individual rather than split between candidates. Read
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A patent for the coronavirus spreading in Wuhan was not applied for in 2015
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them. Read
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The poorest in UK are living longer, but it seems they feel worse
Newspapers go too far in saying that adults in low-income households are objectively less healthy than they used to be Read
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Alex Cunningham and Boris Johnson both used the wrong figures about health inequality
Most men in Stockton live much longer than men in Ethiopia, but one ward is far worse off, and the gap in UK life expectancy is widening. Read
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There were 25,260 excess winter deaths across all ages in Great Britain last year
The figure has also been higher in recent years. Read
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These claims about the 2019 Labour conference are incorrect
There is no evidence of these claims happening at the 2019 Labour conference. Read
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