Claim: 5G millimeter waves could be absorbed by skin cells acting as antennas, transferred to other cells and play the main role in producing coronaviruses in biological cells.
Fact-check: A retracted paper linking 5G and coronavirus with no evidence is doing the rounds on Facebook - Full Fact
Verdict: there is absolutely no evidence that this is the case. a paper presenting this theory  has since been retracted.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-08-26T00:00:00