Dangerous cures and viral hoaxes: common coronavirus myths busted

With so much misinformation about Covid-19 circulating online, we've factchecked some of the more common fallacies

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The spread of Covid-19 has been matched only by the spread of misinformation circulating in response to the pandemic.

The misinformation is most prevalent on Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and text messaging. Despite companies like Facebook and Google trying to flag the more widely spread fraudulent news, some of it is unavoidable.