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Pets and COVID-19
27 July 2020
EXPLAINER: Can your pets catch COVID-19, and could you catch it from them?
There have been a lot of stories in the news and shared online about animals and COVID-19. From tigers contracting the virus to the risk
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Has the suicide rate increased 200% during the COVID-19 lockdown period?
1 July 2020
CLAIM: Suicides have increased 200% in the COVID-19 lockdown period.
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UNSUBSTANTIATED
The claim is unsubstantiated. There are no official statistics or evidence to support the claim that the rates of suicide increased 200% during the period
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Shielding Letters: Q&A
30 June 2020
EXPLAINER to answer some questions on shielding letters and how they work
[This explainer article is part of the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project — a partnership between Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and FactCheckNI.
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Social distancing in Northern Ireland
30 June 2020
EXPLAINER: social distancing, schools, 2m or 1m
This article explains what the rules are in Northern Ireland regarding the social distance between people. It also discusses the evidence regarding lessening the current Explainer
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Deep dive: COVID-19 related inequalities
26 June 2020
EXPLAINER: A deep dive in to reports detailing how COVID-19 infection, hospital admission and death varies across the population
Making basic comparisons between the numbers of COVID-19 positive tests or deaths across different geographic regions using raw figures may seem straightforward. But coming to
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COVID-19 and health inequalities in Northern Ireland
26 June 2020
EXPLAINER: What do the reports from the Department of Health and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency tell us about COVID-19 related health inequalities in Northern Ireland
This article explains data published by the Department of Health as well as the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, about COVID-19 related health inequalities
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Are 1 in 4 NI adults ‘now at risk of hunger and malnutrition’?
23 June 2020
CLAIM: One in four NI adults ‘now at risk of hunger and malnutrition’
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UNSUBSTANTIATED
This claim is unsubstantiated. The research behind the News Letter headline was conducted across the UK and the results were not broken down by region, Explainer
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What are shielding letters?
2 June 2020
EXPLAINER: What is a shielding letter? Who sends them out? Who should have received one?
[This article is part of the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project — a partnership between Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and FactCheckNI. Its
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Did 62 more people contract COVID-19 in care homes, before dying in hospital?
1 June 2020
CLAIM: Of the 353 COVID-19 deaths in hospitals in Northern Ireland, 62 people contracted the virus in a care home and were transferred to a hospital before dying.
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UNSUBSTANTIATED
This claim is unsubstantiated. The death certificates of 62 people who died in hospital mention COVID-19 and give a normal residence address of a care
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Was Northern Ireland COVID-19 testing at a rate 10 times Scotland’s?
18 May 2020
CLAIM: Northern Ireland was testing for COVID-19 at a rate 10 times that of Scotland, reported on 9 May 2020.
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INACCURATE
This claim was not accurate. Northern Ireland’s test rate for the day of 8 May 2020 was about three-quarters (80%) that of Scotland. UPDATE: On
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Are these workers trapped by bollards they’ve installed outside a hospital in Belfast?
4 May 2020
CLAIM: Workers have trapped their van inside bollards they are installing outside a hospital in Belfast.
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INACCURATE
This claim is not accurate. The building is an office block in Manchester, not a hospital in Belfast. And the bollards are removable. A number
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