“President Rodrigo Duterte says he will not allow face-to-face classes to resume as long as there is no COVID-19 vaccine.”
What Vera Files found
A week prior, the president said he will allow holding "limited face-to-face classes" by January 2021 in low-risk areas that pass government inspection.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 27 July 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/eEMXabR2MWo?t=3132
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.