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Any traveler who arrives in Taiwan must complete a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

"If I leave the house, they’ll call the police”: 14 days of quarantine for all travellers to Taiwan

"Je suis un monstre noir, et j'ai un QI très bas !" chantent en chinois ces enfants dans une vidéo relayée mi-février par le youtubeur Wode Maya. Elle a fait polémique sur les réseaux sociaux.

En Chine, le business de vidéos d'enfants africains prospère
The International Fact-Checknig Network (IFCN) created the #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance to combat fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic. Derek Thomson of the France 24 Observers explains.

#CoronaVirusFacts: the global effort to fight fake news about COVID-19
The International Fact-Checknig Network (IFCN) created the #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance to combat fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic. Derek Thomson of the France 24 Observers explains.

#CoronaVirusFacts: the global effort to fight fake news about COVID-19
Thousands of migrant workers are trying to get back home during India's lockdown, and officials spray a group of them with corrosive disinfectant. Photos from Twitter.

Outrage after migrant workers in India forcibly sprayed with disinfectant
Prisoners attempt to escape from La Modela prison (screengrab) in Colombia. The photo at the right shows our Observer’s cell in La Picota prison (photo taken by our Observer).

Covid-19 sparks deadly riots in Colombia’s prisons: "If the virus gets in here, we're done for"
Many Iranians are pointing the finger at fake healers for the widespread propagation of Covid-19 in Iran.

Prophet’s perfume and flower oil: how Islamic medicine has made Iran's Covid-19 outbreak worse
A false quote attributed to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen started circulating on Facebook in mid-March, right in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic. (credit: France 24)

Did France's Marine Le Pen really say African leaders were banned from French hospitals? Nope.
Derek Thomson and Catherine Bennett are the presenters of "Truth or Fake" 2020, a 9-minute guide to verifying images online.

“Truth or Fake” 2020: 4 tips for detecting fake news online

In recent days, people in Zimbabwe have been circulating videos that they claimed showed police violently punishing people who didn’t respect measures enacted to halt the spread of COVID-19. It turns out, however, that this video is actually from 2019.

No, Zimbabwe police didn’t beat up people for skipping COVID isolation to go to mass
Medical staff in Iran tell the France 24 Observers that contrary to what is shown on state TV (down) they are battling the COVID-19 epidemic with a severe lack of equipment that leaves them in danger of being infected themselves.

"They only give us protective gear when TV cameras come": Iran's doctors say they're at risk
The first photo shows travellers confined on the university campus while the second image shows a teenager suffering from a panic attack. The final photo shows travellers waiting to pick up their passports before being able to go back home. (Photos by our

In Abidjan, travellers from France quarantined on a university campus “without soap or doctors”
Large numbers of Tunisians aren’t respecting the measures put in place to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photos and screengrabs from social media)

Coronavirus continues to spread in Tunisia, despite mosque and café closures
On the left, a makeshift bed for a healthcare worker. On the right, a message left for a doctor who can't be in contact with his family. Photos from Twitter.

US doctors "self-isolate" to protect their families during COVID-19 pandemic
More than 10,000 French nationals are still stuck in a number of Moroccan airports. Source: Jonathan Thomas

Thousands of French tourists stranded in Moroccan airports by anti-coronavirus measures

These photos show a man dressed up as a hand sanitizer dispenser (Twitter).

COVID-19: Outcry in Saudi Arabia over photos of a man forced to dress up as a hand sanitizer dispenser
Many people who shared this video believed it showed people panicking in the Dakar Airport after hearing that someone on site had come down with Covid-19.

Debunked: People didn't really panic about a COVID-19 case at the Dakar Airport
Observers journalist Peter O'Brien debunks some viral videos on the topic of the coronavirus.

Outbreak of false information about COVID-19
The image on the left shows at least 56 body bags awaiting burial at a facility at the main cemetery in Qom. Right: a grave dug for coronavirus victims in Langeroud county in Gilan province, with concrete blocks to separate the bodies.

Authorities in Iran 'hiding' COVID-19 deaths by listing other causes on death reports
Screengrabs of a video and photos taken in Pazarkule on the border between Greece and Turkey.

Video: The daily life of migrants trapped at the Turkey-Greece border
Many Vietnamese users made their own versions of a government-produced coronavirus safety video that went viral on TikTok. (Screengrabs: @quynh2001, @im.quangdang, @haotho512)

Government clip inspires coronavirus 'safety dance' challenge in Vietnam

South Korea ramps up efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic.

Food, water and masks: South Korea’s COVID-19 quarantine kits
Screengrabs of videos showing incidents that occurred in the Turkish cities of Samsun and Kahramanmaras.

Wave of violence breaks out against Syrians in Turkey
Sikhs organising langars – distributions of free food. Photo credit: DSGMC

India's Sikhs offer help to Muslim victims of New Delhi ethnic violence
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