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FactCheck: Johnson’s schools attack on Starmer
Boris Johnson claimed that Keir Starmer’s assertion today that 'school is safe' was 'the first time in four months that he’s said it'.
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Boris Johnson claimed today was 'the first time in four months' that Keir Starmer has said 'school is safe'.
But is he right? @FactCheck takes a look...
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FactCheck: Johnson’s misleading figures on government ‘New Deal’
The Prime Ministers suggested the 'New Deal' will pump £34bn into the NHS, but that’s not the case.
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Last week @FactCheck looked at the government's "New Deal" on infrastructure spending. Despite figures of £600bn being used in parliament, new spending commitments only amounted to £5bn, "brought forward" from existing plans.
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FactCheck: Johnson not telling the whole story on Leicester testing
He said the government set up four new test sites 'shortly' after 8 June. But Leicester Council say the first new unit didn't open until 10 days' later.
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Boris Johnson said the government sent four new mobile testing units to Leicester 'shortly' after 8 June.
@FactCheck understands that it was ten days after that date before the first new centre was opened - and 21 days before four had been added.
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FactCheck: why is Covid-19 hitting ethnic minorities harder?
Major studies by the Office for National Statistics, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Public Health England have found significantly higher mortality rates among ethnic minority populations.
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A new study in the British Medical Journal has found that more than half of pregnant women hospitalised with Covid-19 between 1 March and 14 April were from black or minority ethnic backgrounds.
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FactCheck: what are the coronavirus risks to children?
The science isn't settled, but here's what we know.
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What are the risks of coronavirus to children? And how do they compare to other diseases and dangers kids face? A @FactCheck thread
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FactCheck: devolved governments have powers to end lockdown on their own
What if Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland want to end lockdown without the agreement of the UK government?
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The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments have the legal powers to lift or alter lockdown regulations on their own.
@FactCheck has been talking to leading constitutional experts about whether the four nations could diverge on lockdown rules.
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FactCheck: can we trust the Covid-19 death toll?
Counting the number of people who have tragically died from Covid-19 is proving to be a complicated task. Here is FactCheck's user's guide to the statistics...
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Tracking the numbers of death caused by #Covid_19 is a complicated business as well as a grim one. Different agencies across the UK are putting out figures that show different things. Here is @FactCheck's user's guide
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FactCheck: How long can the coronavirus survive on surfaces and in the air?
The virus did not survive in any condition tested for longer than three days.
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How long can the coronavirus survive on surfaces and in the air? Well, it depends on the surface - but generally we're talking hours or days.
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FactCheck Q&A: the new coronavirus “blood tests”
Scientists and manufacturers are clear that antibody tests alone cannot provide a complete alternative to the viral tests we are using now.
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Matt Hancock has said he wants to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month. Part of this involves bringing in a new kind of test that looks for antibodies in the blood rather than the virus itself.
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FactCheck: UK health minister contradicts WHO on testing
The claim that testing for coronavirus “won’t cut the number of deaths” directly contradicts statements made by the head of the World Health Organization
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Health minister Nadine Dorries claims testing “won’t cut the number of deaths...or stop them catching coronavirus” - contradicting comments from the Director-General of the World Health Organization and England’s Chief Medical Officer.
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FactCheck: is social distancing working?
The apparently high level of compliance leads the researchers to predict that there could be a substantial decline in coronavirus cases in the UK over the coming weeks.
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Is social distancing working? Are people sticking to the rules and if they are, will this reduce #coronavirus transmission?
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FactCheck: how many people are dying from Covid-19 in the UK?
The Department of Health and Social Care has told FactCheck it plans to publish data on Covid-19 related deaths in the community from tomorrow (Tuesday).
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The UK government has told @FactCheck it will start publishing weekly data from death registrations, including deaths in the community, to give a more complete picture of #coronavirus mortality.
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FactCheck: confusion over NHS England testing numbers
When Michael Gove said “we had 10,000 tests yesterday”, he was talking about patients being tested, not healthcare workers
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There's been confusion from government ministers in recent days around the number of #coronavirus tests taking place in England. @FactCheck thread
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FactCheck: could we really have a coronavirus vaccine in six months?
Scientists at Oxford University say they will begin testing a candidate vaccine on people within weeks.
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You may have seen headlines this week about a #coronavirus vaccine becoming available in six months. Some experts are very optimistic, but there are reasons to be cautious too. @FactCheck thread
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FactCheck: Scottish government shelves ‘confusing’ advice on social distancing
The advice caused confusion on social media, with users pointing out that it seemed to be at odds with other guidance from NHS Scotland.
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The Scottish government has shelved a poster from 19 March saying people could socialise if they were 'symptom-free'. They told @FactCheck it was dropped because expert advice changed. But the poster appeared to contradict NHS Scotland advice at the time
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FactCheck: new moves towards effective coronavirus treatment
In recent days, there has been promising news about a number of drugs that scientists hope could offer an effective treatment for the worst coronavirus cases.
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New developments in recent days in the race to find an effective coronavirus treatment. A @FactCheck thread.
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FactCheck: how close are we to a vaccine or cure for coronavirus?
What's the current state of the science in the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus?
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A report from Imperial College says the new coronavirus measures will need to be in place until a vaccine is developed. So how close are we to a vaccine or cure? @FactCheck thread
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FactCheck: why hasn’t Britain closed its schools?
Boris Johnson has said that closing schools could do “more harm than good”.
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1) Why isn't Britain closing schools, like Ireland? Experts tell @FactCheck there are good reasons. Keeping kids off school means parents are off work looking after them. (1)
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ICYM our latest @FactCheck, which looks at why the UK has decided not to close schools or ban large public gatherings
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FactCheck: has the government pulled the UK out of Erasmus?
The government's stated ambition is to stay in, so long as it remains 'in our interests to do so'.
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New on @FactCheck - reports that the government has pulled Britain out of the Erasmus student programme are inaccurate
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FactCheck: the 2019 general election explained in five graphs
The results are in and Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street with a comfortable Conservative majority.