LibGuides: Evaluate Sources &amp; Identify Fake News: COVID-19 Fake News

Tools to Help you

The coronavirus pandemic has been accompanied by a massive wave of false and misleading information. The below tools may help you spot fake news related to COVID-19.

7 ways to avoid misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic – a guide created by Politifact (brief version here)
The Coronavirus Collection: Fact-Checking COVID-19 - a compilation of virus related claims fact-checked by Snopes
Coronavirus Rumor Control - a webpage from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to help the public distinguish between rumors and facts regarding the response to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Trusted Sources

There are many trusted sources to use for your information and research on COVID-19. You can see some examples below.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (WHO) is the official page of World Health Organization for the latest information about coronavirus.
ERATOSTHENES COVID-19 WebGIS Platform illustrates the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, disseminates useful statistical figures to the Governing Departments and Authorities and informs the public (see als Cases in Cyrpus by ERATIOSTHENES)
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
EBSCO DynaMed® medical product containing helpful information about COVID-19 for you to use and share.
Elsevier’s Novel Coronavirus Information Center provides access to health and medical research with almost 20,000 relevant articles, freely available on ScienceDirect.
EU Coronavirus response is the official site of the European Union regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
UNIC - Information about Coronavirus provides updates on university policies based on recent developments regarding COVID-19.