“Nobel Prize winner and Japanese immunologist Tasuku Honjo said the virus behind COVID-19 is artificial and manufactured in a lab in Wuhan, China”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Apr 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFake
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 April 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ffaniKayode/posts/10158379823252210
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/212671325989968/permalink/606286183295145/
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/hakeem.lawal/posts/10220441906505152
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/thaddai.barthoma/posts/679213046227123
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