FILE - In this March 9, 2020 file photo, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, bumps elbows with state Rep. Patrick Jefferson, instead of a traditional handshake, as a precaution against the new coronavirus.
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Daily Debunk
Claim: Over 80% of all diseases in the world are transmitted by hand.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: Africa Check
Social Media Disinfo
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Circulating on social media: Claim that the Pirbright Institute, a British research institute dedicated to the study of infectious diseases of farm animals which has ties to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, holds a patent for a vaccine against COVID-19.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Could My Symptoms Be Covid-19?
These days, every cough, sneeze or headache makes you wonder: Could it be Covid-19?
-- New York Times, August 5
Nine Important Things We’ve Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far
Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned.
-- Scientific American, August 4
Coronavirus: WHO gears up for main mission into China to hunt for the origins of Covid-19
WHO and Chinese experts have drafted terms of reference for probe into the epidemiology of early infections.
-- South China Morning Post, August 4