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UV light could be used as a disinfectant against COVID-19 but only in specific contexts and not on human skin

Health Europa published an article on 2 June 2020 suggesting that Ultraviolet light (UV light) could kill the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 

Cats can get COVID-19 and become ill

An article published on 28 May 2020 on the Slate.fr website, states that cats can contract COVID-19 and infect other cats [...]

Did Italians take to the streets to ask for Allah's help against COVID-19?

In April 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, a video circulated on social networks that claimed Italians had asked for Allah's help.

Pandemics do not occur every 100 years

An infographic shared hundreds of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube states that the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 follows a specific pattern.

COVID-19: a sexually transmitted infection?

The University of Utah website states that evidence shows that COVID-19 is not sexually transmitted. 

The World Health Organization changed its stance on masks

WebMD reported on June 6th 2020 that the World Health Organization (WHO) changed its stance on wearing face masks.

The claim that children cannot catch or transmit the COVID-19 virus is inaccurate

Switzerland's head of infectious diseases, Dr. Daniel Koch, stated that healthy children up to 10 years of age would not be at risk of contracting COVID-19.

No, smokers are no less likely to get COVID-19

Not enough evidence to say that smoking tobacco decreases the risk of COVID-19

Not enough data to know whether the virus that causes COVID-19 can spread through a building’s ventilation system

A team of researchers based out of the University of Alberta claim the virus that causes COVID-19 can spread through building ventilation systems. 

Chinese donation to Burundi: medical equipment, not vaccines against COVID-19

A Facebook publication, dated 10 April 2020, states that the vaccines will first be tested in Burundi and then in other African countries.