“New SARS-CoV-2 strains 'more dangerous”
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
Philippine president. Weekly briefing. Claim dated 4 Jan 2021.
FactRakers rated thisMISLEADING
What FactRakers found
No evidence that the UK and South African strains are more serious
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte (Philippine president) made this claim around 4 January 2021. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 5 January 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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