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Rumors The outbreak is man-made and the COVID-19 outbreak happened when scientists in Wuhan were working on a secret biological weapon that accidently got leaked.

Fact Researchers propose bats and pangolins as the most likely reservoir for SARS-CoV-2, yet the origin remains unknown.

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Rumors A video shared widely on Facebook and YouTube shows that Italy is dumping ‘dead bodies of COVID-19 affected victims.’

Fact The video surfacing over Internet pertains to a TV series ‘Pandemic’ that aired in 2007, all about bird flu virus called Riptide virus that spread through Los Angeles.

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Rumors Pet animals like dogs and cats can spread the virus.

Fact CDC does not have any evidence to suggest that pet animals like dogs and cats pose a risk for spreading COVID-19. Many people were reported abandoning pets due to rumors.

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Rumors Yoga can cure coronavirus and intake of antibiotics help in precautions.

Fact Yoga can indeed help you lead a better life but isn’t the cure for COVID-19. Antibiotics can help fight only bacteria while Coronavirus is a virus that remains unaffected.

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Rumors Consuming chicken and eggs can infect you with coronavirus. Eating onion and garlic is the antidote.

Fact While COVID-19 is considered as a spread from animals, eating poultry has no evidence of link between eggs, chicken and coronavirus. People should rather avoid eating sick animals that died due to diseases while Garlic and Onion help build immunity only.

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Rumors Major rumors and myths have surfaced the social media through whatsapp forwarded messages and bogus information that continue to spread.

Fact The most credible news source for latest updates on COVID-19 is either websites of WHO, Ministry of health or news portals.

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RumorsA rampant panic has been observed in people about the quarantine situation. People fear that quarantine is a jail of isolation.

Fact Quarantine is a situation where healthy individuals are separated from the contagious environment while Isolation is for those who are already afflicted by COVID-19 to avoid further spread.

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RumorsChina being the origin country of COVID-19 recorded most of the deaths and epidemic cases till date.

Fact Countries like Spain, Italy and US have recorded more number of COVID-19 cases than China, while US is found to be having the highest number of cases, Italy recorded most number of deaths till now.

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Rumors COVID-19 is the first time world came across SARS-CoV-2.

Fact Interestingly, the first case of SARS-CoV-2 was observed in the year 2003 in China but as soon as the outbreak became pandemic in 2019, COVID-19 came into glance.