Coronavirus Fake News: Fact Checking COVID-19 Pandemic Hoaxes and Misinformation Online

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Coronavirus Fake News: Fact Checking COVID-19 Pandemic Hoaxes and Misinformation Online
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Are the stories you're seeing on COVID-19 fact or fiction?

, sharing advice and faking government announcements. The COVID-19 disease is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2 which is part of the broad coronavirus family of pathogens.

The spread of misinformation of a cure has resulted in further deaths. In Iran, reports emerged that at least 44 people died from alcohol poisoning after drinking bootleg alcohol to cure coronavirus, according to Associated Press. The rumor also spread through Indian social media, according to NDTV, as well as iterations claiming that spraying alcohol or chlorine can prevent the virus from infecting or entering the body.

There have also been claims by a televangelist that a liquid, which costs $300, kills the coronavirus.

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