This media surveillance collects articles reported through publicly available web sites.
It is created with the Europe Media Monitor (EMM).
The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
Headlines
- USA: record spikes in new cases as hospitalizations sweep parts of US
- Brazil reported 867,600 cases and 43,332 deaths surpassing the UK
- UK: official death toll rises by 36 in lowest increase since lockdown began
- Spain: with 70% of Spain in Phase 3 of the coronavirus deescalation plan, the regions resist allowing free movement
- Italy: Rome has become the centre of two new clusters over the weekend
- France: President Macron announced further easing of coronavirus restrictions allowing all bars and restaurants to open again
- Belgium reported 71 new cases and 17 hospital admissions
- Luxembourg reported 7 new cases on Sunday
- Norway halts coronavirus tracking app over privacy concerns
- Russia registers lowest daily COVID-19 case increase since May 1; Russian authorities clamp down on coronavirus ‘fake news’
- India: Tamil Nadu announces 'full' lockdown in Chennai as cases rise
- Iran’s daily death toll passes 100 in feared ‘second wave’ of virus
- Pakistan says its Covid-19 cases could rise to 1.2 million by end of July
- South Korea sees a rise in untraceable cases, with 37 new cases on Monday including 22 locally transmitted cases in the Seoul region
- Japan: Tokyo confirms 48 new cases
- China: Beijing lockdown tightens as new outbreak spreads with 36 cases linked to a second seafood market
The following news were found among the most mentioned/retweeted items:
- "Two infected Missouri hairstylists were wearing masks. None of their 140 customers, also masked, got COVID-19" (adn)
- "Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag" (seattletimes)
- "Florida fired its coronavirus data scientist. Now she’s publishing the statistics on her own. " (washingtonpost)
- "Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of U.S." (reuters)
- "Trump rally called ‘dangerous move’ in age of coronavirus" (apnews)
The hashtag #ExposeBillGates trended on Twitter on Saturday after activist groups and alternative media organisations reportedly called for a Global Day of Action against the Microsoft founder's 'control agenda'.
The most mentioned English sources were the New York Times, Fox News, the Washington Post, NPR and the Guardian.
El Diario, Infobae, RT (Spanish version), El Pais and El Mundo, and Le Monde and Le Parisien were among the most mentioned Spanish and French sources, respectively.
Extracted Quotes
Michael Ryan (WHO, Executive Director):
"We are very much in the upswing of this pandemic, particularly in the global south".
Jung Eun-kyeong (South Korea, KCDC Director):
"Mass outbreaks in the community are focused mostly in religious facilities, nursing homes, social welfare centers and business establishments. While focusing efforts to prevent the virus spread in high-risk categories, we also need to secure medical supplies and keep social distancing to block chains of infections".
Fact Check
Fact checked: health-related claims
- Fact checkers debunk claims that the WHO has declared that asymptomatic carriers cannot spread the virus and that healthy people are, therefore, no longer required to practice social distancing (fatabyyano).
- Fact checkers debunk claims that masks are not only ineffective in preventing coronavirus infection but also harmful to one’s health, reporting that studies show masks can curb spread of the novel coronavirus and experts say the face coverings do not cause health problems (politifact).
- Fact checkers debunk claims that deceased Chinese whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang had found that coffee can cure COVID-19 (boomlive).
Fact checked: downplaying COVID-19
- Fact checkers debunk claims that a secret report prepared by a scientific group appointed by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior calls the pandemic a “false alarm”, reporting that the document in question is not from the Interior Ministry, but was drafted by a former Ministry employee and reflects his personal views (faktograf).
Fact checked: conspiracy theories
- Fact checkers debunk a new Spanish-language video arguing that 5G technology is the cause of COVID-19 (colombiacheck).
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- Publication date
- 15 June 2020