As flu season arrives in Australia and health authorities encourage people to get a flu shot, a post claims Woolworths supermarkets have implemented a mandatory flu vaccination program for staff.

As the COVID-19 global death toll rises, a Facebook post claims former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase died from the coronavirus.

While Australians celebrated Anzac Day on their driveways this year a Facebook post purporting to tell the history of the military bugle call the Last Post resurfaced.

A screenshot claiming to show a location warning message from Australia's new COVIDSafe app is circulating on Facebook followng the federal government's launch of the coronavirus tracking tool.

A post flitting around Facebook claims to show a picture of the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird or zunzuncito of Cuba.

A social media post has compared the coronavirus statistics of Ireland and New Zealand in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A post on Facebook claims a Nobel Prize-winning Japanese scientist has said the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the potentially deadly COVID-19 disease was "manufactured" by China.

Amid fears about the spread of COVID-19, a Facebook post purports to show how people can "differentiate between Chinese and Indian products".

At a time when Australians are questioning the country's reliance on overseas products, a Facebook post is purporting to show an "Aussie product aisle" at a Woolworths store in Queensland.

A Facebook post by a New Zealand user claims that telecommunications companies are setting up camouflaged cell towers to spy on local communities.

Claims that COVID-19 is a man-made virus continue to appear on social media, with Facebook post seeking to lay the blame on a United States academic.

A widely shared Facebook post is warning pet owners about the ingredients of hand sanitisers and their purported effects on animals.

A Facebook post claims that the New Zealand government has secretly planned to extend its Level 4 lockdown over the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic for three months.

After reports an anti-malaria drug may help combat COVID-19 symptoms a series of Instagram posts are claiming the drug is made from tree bark - and seeking to sell the powdered bark online.

A Facebook post claims to show a phone tower in New Zealand being burned down.

YouTube is taking down videos linking 5G with COVID-19 in an effort to stop misinformation but theories claiming the deadly virus is linked with the technology are still spreading on Facebook.

A Facebook post claims the COVID-19 crisis is the latest in a once-every-100-years historical pattern of pandemics.

A Facebook user claims that crowds are pulling down 5G towers in Wuhan as a global conspiracy conflating 5G with COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the world.

A conspiracy theory that blames the COVID-19 pandemic on new communications technology and has resulted in phone towers being attacked in the UK is rolling out in Australia too.

A Facebook post claims a South Korean drama series on Netflix predicted the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2018.