COVID-19 is officially a pandemic. People are anxious, and misinformation spreads faster than the disease ever could.

Four public health and infectious disease experts were called upon to answer common myths surrounding the coronavirus.

They are Dr Trent Yarwood, an infectious diseases physician from James Cook University, Townsville, and the University of Queensland, Brisbane; Associate Professor Ben Harris-Roxas, from UNSW Sydney; Daniel Reeders, a PhD candidate at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance, Canberra; and Kathryn Snow, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.

Here are their responses to nine coronavirus concerns.