UNCLEAR. Leaving a middle seat empty doesn’t meet physical distancing requirements, and the risks of air travel are still uncertain.

Temperature screenings alone are not effective at preventing the COVID-19 virus from spreading.

MOSTLY TRUE based on the research so far. Though there has been limited research on the subject, current evidence suggests that public tr...

As of June 12, most scientists agree that new mutations are not causing the COVID-19 virus to become less deadly or transmissible.

There is some evidence that air conditioning in a poorly-ventilated space could spread droplets, but the science remains unclear.

Becoming infected with COVID-19 from surface contamination is possible, but it is not likely to be a major source of transmission.

MISLEADING. Workers in facilities with active outbreaks will still use medical-grade masks.

FALSE. There is no evidence linking 5G cell towers to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Scientists say the existing research isn’t sufficient to support the theory.

Based on the evidence we have so far, children do not appear to play a significant role in spreading COVID-19.

MOSTLY FALSE. The notion that targeted travel bans against China would have prevented the spread of COVID-19 is not supported by epidemio...

MISLEADING. The World Health Organization relied on information from China at the beginning of the crisis, leading to delays in its commu...

UNFOUNDED based on the evidence currently available. The rumour that the novel coronavirus came from a Chinese laboratory has circulated ...

YES AND NO. Different governments are sharing different data, and the quality of the information is also in question. We have much of the...

MOSTLY TRUE. But it requires some context. On March 11, Patty Hajdu, Canada’s federal health minister, told the Globe and Mail and other ...