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The novel coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread to other parts of China and the rest of the world from there. Snopes fact-checks the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Snopes Staff, June 9, 2020
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As COVID-19 spread from China to the rest of the world in early 2020, rumors emerged about how various countries were (or weren't) coping with the pandemic.
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Feb. 3, 2020
Millions of people are quarantined in China to prevent the spread of the virus.
Feb. 14, 2020
Speculation does not equal evidence.
Feb. 18, 2020
A People's Daily video claiming to show "full-front disinfection work" in Wuhan included footage ...
Feb. 6, 2020
A disreputable website spread unfounded claims in the wake of a new coronavirus outbreak.
Feb. 24, 2020
A data map that appeared in a popular Twitter thread did not show what some people claimed.
April 6, 2020
American intelligence agencies have concluded that the Chinese government itself does not know t ...
March 23, 2020
Rumors from North Korea are notoriously difficult to fact check.
March 11, 2020
Physician: "The situation is now nothing short of dramatic. No other words come to mind."
March 13, 2020
As of early March 2020, Italy had seen the worst COVID-19 outbreak outside Asia.
March 16, 2020
A viral social media post claimed Italian doctors were not treating older patients with coronavi ...
March 20, 2020
A few wildlife sightings were excitedly shared across social media as a note of sunny news amid ...
Feb. 17, 2020
Misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak seems to have traveled farther than the virus itself.
April 7, 2020
Humor doesn't always translate from one culture to the next.
April 9, 2020
Pollution levels in India did drop dramatically in April 2020, but beyond that the story gets a ...
April 28, 2020
A scathing opinion column was copied and pasted then circulated online, prompting some to questi ...
May 4, 2020
One restaurant's proposed solution to dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic went viral on soci ...
May 7, 2020
Viral social media posts claimed Tanzanian President John Magufuli used samples from a fruit, qu ...
June 9, 2020
In June 2020, New Zealand lifted all social distancing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pand ...
