Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19/Translation Task Force/Misinformation related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic (short)

The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in [conspiracy theories and misinformation regarding its origin, scale, and the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19. False information has been spread through social media, text messages, and mass media, including the state media of countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan.  It has been propagated by celebrities, politicians (including heads of states in countries such as the United States, Iran, and Brazil ), and other prominent public figures. Commercial scams have claimed to offer at-home tests, supposed preventives, and "miracle" cures. Other actors have claimed the virus is a bio-weapon with a patented vaccine, a population control scheme, or the result of a spy operation. The World Health Organization has declared an "infodemic" of incorrect information about the virus, which poses risks to global health.

There are conspiracy theories that COVID-19 is a bioweapon originated from China, Israel or the US. Scientists have refuted this claim. Some believe that the coronavirus outbreak is timed to coincide with the start of the US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Conspiracy theory that 5G caused or helped the spread of coronavirus is being circulated in social media. Chinese Red Bull and fortune cookies were named as virus carriers in some viral posts on social media.

Fake medicines and prevention methods were claimed to cure COVID-19. Drinking warm water, eating mango, durian, lemon, garlic, ginger, bitter-gourd, neem leaves and turmeric were named as remedies for COVID-19. Fake medical equipment including test kits and vaccines were seized by governmental authorities in Europe. Fake news that people belonging to certain ethnicities or religion and those eating vegetarian diet are immune to COVID-19 is also circulating in social media.