Covid-19

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Recipes for fake remedies meant to cure coronavirus have been circulating online. (Screengrab)

An infectious disease expert debunks COVID-19 remedies circulating on African social media

A screengrab from the video.

The Kenyan government did not recruit Maasai hunters to make sure people respected lockdown

In their new song "20H" (“8pm”) French rap trio G7N pay tribute to healthcare workers on the frontlines. (Screengrab/YouTube "G7Nofficial").

"This is for our heroes”: rap video by two French hospital porters applauds healthcare workers

Left: Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki during an Instagram broadcast showed a photo of what he said was an Iranian nurse. Right: The photo in fact showed Amanda Ramalho, a Brazilian nurse who posts on Instagram.

Iran health minister's photo of heroic Iranian nurse actually comes from Brazil

Africans living in Guangzhou, China, were evicted or thrown out of hotels after rumours circulated on Chinese social media that a second wave of COVID-19 infections that had originated in the African community.

"They treat us like we're the virus": Africans evicted from housing in Chinese city

On the left, Dr Thomas Cowan, who is currently on probation, in a screengrab of his lecture which drew a link between 5G and coronavirus. On the right, a burning mobile phone mast in the UK.

The dangerous conspiracy theory linking 5G to Covid-19

The FBI did actually seize medical supplies -- not from a synagogue -- but from a New York man who was selling them at inflated prices (screengrab from Facebook).

No, the FBI didn’t seize masks and protective gear from a New York synagogue

Screengrab of the video posted by the “Honourable Arlette and Anna”.

Debunked: These Ivorian women weren't publicly humiliated for breaking a coronavirus curfew

Images circulating on social media in Iran show riots and prison breaks at prisons in Tabriz (left), Ahvaz (centre) and Saqqez (right).

No water, no soap and crowded cells: COVID-19 fears spark riots in Iran’s prisons

Some Iraqis have been refusing to let those who died of coronavirus be buried anywhere near their towns. (Screengrabs of videos shared on social media).

The search for a place to bury Iraq’s COVID-19 victims

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

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

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

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