“Bharath Biotech’s Covaxin contains Newborn Calf Serum (NBCS).”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Jun 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Bharath Biotech’s Covaxin does not contain Newborn Calf Serum (NBCS). The government issued an official statement that NBCS was used only as a building block in the vaccine development for the growth of Vero cells and is not an ingredient in the final vaccine
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 June 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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