“190 countries have pre-booked the Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine that India has developed”
What FACTLY found
Covaxin which is being developed by Bharat Biotech is the only indigenous vaccine that is approved for emergency use. It is not currently distributed among other countries as Bharat Biotech is not among the signatories under the COVAX Facility. The COVAX agreement is to facilitate vaccine distribution to the 190 participating countries in which Serum Institute is a signatory. This is being misconstrued as 190 countries have pre-booked the Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine developed in India
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 January 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 January 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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