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Daily Debunk
Claim: Blood type, smoking are risk factors for COVID-19.
Verdict: Likely True
Watch the video at: KCRG-TV
Social Media Disinfo
Screenshot from Agenciaocote.com
Circulating on social media: WhatsApp chain claims Guatemala ordered a complete quarantine.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Information about a complete quarantine in Guatemala" -- Poynter Institute, citing Agencia Ocote
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
‘We need to be alert’: Scientists fear second coronavirus wave as China’s lockdowns ease
Other countries on lockdown will be watching for a resurgence of infections in Hubei province now that travel restrictions are lifting.
-- Nature, March 30
