“Pandemics occur 'once in a century”
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
Philippines president. Pre-recorded public address. Claim dated 30 Jun 2020.
FactRakers rated thisFALSE
What FactRakers found
Four flu pandemics preceded the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the last century
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines president) made this claim around 30 June 2020. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 1 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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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