“American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 18 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The claim is by a website known for producing pro-Russian disinformation. Two global databases show no testing in Ukraine for a coronavirus vaccine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 August 2020, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- en.news-front.infohttps://en.news-front.info/2020/07/18/american-coronavirus-vaccine-killed-five-ukrainians…
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