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False: A US biotech company has successfully created a vaccine for COVID-19 A television news report about a US biotech company has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that the company successfully created a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, within "three hours". The claim is misleading; the US biotech company said the (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Reports of Amaravati farmer’s self-electrocution 10 Jan 2020 2:05 PM GMTAmaravati: On December 17, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister announced that his Cabinet is proposing to have three capitals for the State. Consequently, the idea was to have the existing capital Amaravati as 'Legislative Capital', Visakhapatnam the 'Executive C (Source: Newsmeter)

Unsupported: Turmeric, ketogenic diet, ozone therapy, megadoses of vitamin C and adaptogens are cure for cancer, have been suppressed for four decades CLAIM Turmeric, ketogenic diet, ozone therapy, megadoses of vitamin C and adaptogens are cure for cancer, have been suppressed for four decades more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, 11 Dec. 2022 DETAILS Inadequate support: There isn't clini (Source: Science Feedback)