### [2021-08-11](/feed/2021/08/11/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# COVID-19 misinformation




### Changes:

1. COVID-19 pandemic in Germany _2022-09-27 02:38:08 (First version)_
2. COVID-19 pandemic in Iran _2022-09-27 02:38:10 (Update)_
3. COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon _2022-09-27 02:38:16 (Update)_
3. COVID-19 misinformation _(Current version)_

### Related:

1. [Sri Lanka announces that it will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination certificate for entry into public places beginning on January 1 in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. ](/feed/2021/12/19/sri-lanka-announces-that-it-will-require-a-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-certificate-for-entry-into-public-places-beginn.md) _Context: COVID-19 pandemic_
2. [YouTube bans News Corp's "Sky News Australia" channel from uploading new content for seven days after commentator Alan Jones spreads COVID-19 misinformation. This comes shortly after "The Daily Telegraph" fired Jones and ended his regular column over similar concerns. According to a YouTube spokesman, "Specifically, we don’t allow content that denies the existence of Covid-19 or that encourages people to use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus." ](/feed/2021/08/1/youtube-bans-news-corp-s-sky-news-australia-channel-from-uploading-new-content-for-seven-days-after-commentator-alan-j.md) _Context: COVID-19 misinformation, YouTube suspensions_
3. [YouTube announces that it has temporarily suspended U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for violating its policies about promoting unproven alternative therapies to treat COVID-19. ](/feed/2021/06/11/youtube-announces-that-it-has-temporarily-suspended-us-senator-ron-johnson-r-wi-for-violating-its-policies-about-pro.md) _Context: COVID-19 misinformation, YouTube suspensions_
4. [President Rodrigo Duterte approves the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases of downgrading the Greater Manila Area under the General Community Quarantine with "heightened restrictions" on indoor dining and personal care services. These downgrades include the reopening of hair salons and barbershops. ](/feed/2021/05/13/president-rodrigo-duterte-approves-the-recommendation-of-the-inter-agency-task-force-for-the-management-of-emerging-infe.md) _Context: COVID-19 pandemic_
5. [The Federal Senate launches an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, as total deaths are expected to surpass 360,000. Main areas of focus are on allegations that he sabotaged social distancing measures, his poor acquisition of vaccines and touting of ineffective treatments such as chloroquine, and the cause of oxygen shortages in Manaus's hospitals, among others. ](/feed/2021/04/14/the-federal-senate-launches-an-inquiry-into-president-jair-bolsonaro-s-handling-of-the-pandemic-as-total-deaths-are-exp.md) _Context: COVID-19 pandemic_
6. [Prime Minister Janez Jansa announces a circuit-breaker lockdown from April 1 to 12, which will close all non-essential businesses and in-person cultural and religious venues, ban gatherings of more than 10 people, and shift schools to remote learning. ](/feed/2021/03/28/prime-minister-janez-jansa-announces-a-circuit-breaker-lockdown-from-april-1-to-12-which-will-close-all-non-essential-b.md) _Context: COVID-19 pandemic_
7. [Hong Kong extends their work from home arrangements for civil servants until January 27, as the city attempts to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. ](/feed/2021/01/19/hong-kong-extends-their-work-from-home-arrangements-for-civil-servants-until-january-27-as-the-city-attempts-to-reduce.md) _Context: COVID-19 pandemic_