claim: non, les hôpitaux ne reçoivent pas une « prime » de 5 000 euros lorsqu’ils déclarent un décès dû au covid-19
summary: the news spread on facebook and twitter in france that the french government was giving 5000 euros to hospitals per death related to covid-19, and that as a result hospitals were falsifying their figures, even though such a bonus does not exist and there is no evidence hospitals are falsifying anything. the fake news had appeared also in belgium in august.
subject_description: claim that the french government is giving 5000 euros to hospitals for each person that dies of covid-19, and therefore hospitals re falsely declaring a higher number of deaths rather than the true one
Motive_Description: criticize the government and hospitals and suggest that their statistics on the number of cases of covid-19 are manipulated
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, france, government, hospitals, bonus, 5000 euros, death