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  • Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company’s lab, in Surrey, B.C., March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

    A documentary-style video called ‘Plandemic’ has been removed by social media platforms after peddling potentially dangerous conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, including that it was engineered in a lab and that wearing a face mask is actually harmful.

  • Workers in protective gear carry a bag containing a giant salamander that was reported to have escaped from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Chinatopix via AP)

    Despite new reports that U.S. officials are investigating the possibility the coronavirus was secretly manufactured in a Chinese lab, there is no scientific evidence to support those theories.

    People stand next to a 5G logo during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 28, 2018. (Francisco Seco / AP)

    The latest COVID-19 conspiracy theory gaining traction is the false claim that links the disease with 5G wireless technology. Scientists say the claim is not supported by scientific evidence and international bodies have also disputed the claims.

    A woman wearing a P100 respirator amid concerns about COVID-19, crosses a street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Friday, April 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

    Preliminary research has suggested warmer temperatures may help to slow the spread of COVID-19, but experts warn that doesn’t reduce the need for physical distancing measures.

What you need to know

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    INTERACTIVE

    Visit CTVNews.ca for an interactive record of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada.

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    With more than four million cases and counting, COVID-19 has hit every continent except Antarctica. Visit CTVNews.ca for an interactive look at the COVID-19 outbreak in key countries.

  • COVID-19

    Experts say defining the end of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a long and difficult process, one that will vary largely by country. But most agree we will remain in pandemic territory until there are only occasional traces of localized cases that are quickly contained.

  • In this May 15, 2020 photo, a woman who had been experiencing COVID-19 symptoms looks from her window in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

    The chances of contracting COVID-19 through the ventilation in your home appear extremely slim, but there is still enough uncertainty around the virus that some scientists recommend being as proactive as possible in minimizing potential risks.



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