Factal’s coronavirus coverage began on Dec. 31, 2020 CST with a seemingly-innocuous China News Service report about a small batch of viral pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province. In the months that followed, those “pneumonia” cases ballooned into a global COVID-19 pandemic.
As the virus spread, Factal added more journalists and scaled up our real-time coverage. By summer 2021, Factal has verified more than 59,000 coronavirus updates spanning every region in the world. Together with our partners at Emergent Risk International, we’ve held 32 live briefings on the pandemic stretching back to March 2020. (We hold hour-long briefings every two weeks, and they’re free and open to the public.)
We help solve a critical problem for businesses and NGOs: how do you make sense of the deluge of data in real time? COVID-19 has generated more mis- and disinformation in more languages than any other global event. Factal’s verification process filters out false information, opinions, misleading details and duplicate updates at the speed of social media.
As verified updates stream into Factal in real time, members can customize what they see. We’ve divided coronavirus coverage by geography as well as topics such as new cases, government actions, travel impacts and business impacts. For example, the “business impacts” topic includes how other businesses are reacting to the virus – a key benchmarking resource for security, health safety, crisis management and business continuity teams.
That’s why one Fortune 50 company called Factal “absolutely clutch for us as we navigate this wild time.” By sticking to the facts without slowing the speed of information, Factal members can stay ahead of the pandemic without getting buried in noise. To see it in action, email us at sales@factal.com for a free 30-day trial.
(Map image above shows a few days of Factal’s COVID-19 coverage in early August, 2021)