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| - AFP's fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent fact-checks: Misinformation continues to surround the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has now killed at least 630 people and been detected in dozens of countries. Several of the false claims include dubious cures, including drinking freshly boiled garlic in Pakistan and using sap from a local shrub as eye drops in the Philippines. Meanwhile, images of Dettol product labels that tout the disinfectant's ability to kill the coronavirus have gone viral alongside claims that the product's maker may have been aware of the novel coronavirus before it broke out. The manufacturer confirmed that coronavirus was listed to denote the general classification of such viruses, which include the common cold. A video of Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, Nigeria's ambassador to the US, has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter alongside claims that it shows Nsofor on his way to a meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss US travel restrictions. In fact, the footage shows Nsofor in New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September 2019, months before the US government announced an expansion of the country's travel restriction list to include Nigeria. A video of former Indian cricket player Irfan Pathan has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside claims that the footage shows Pathan attending a protest against India's new citizenship law in Delhi. The claim is false. The video actually shows a crowd cheering Pathan upon his arrival to inaugurate a local cricket tournament in the east Indian state of West Bengal. A series of posts on Facebook claim that the pens used by US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to sign the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump cost several thousands of dollars. The claims are false. The pens in fact have a suggested retail price of $20. "Our reaction to the false claims that these pens cost thousands of dollars each is quite flattering, but unfortunately for us, not true," the pen's manufacturer told AFP. Footage of a person lying in a hospital bed has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts that claim it shows Gianna Bryant, the late daughter of basketball star Kobe Bryant, in hospital following the fatal helicopter crash in January. The claim is false. The video actually shows a woman who was killed in a car accident in California in September 2019, several months before Gianna and Kobe Bryant were killed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. afp
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