“Russia developed a COVID-19 vaccine”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Vaccine for COVID-19 is not yet developed. Gamaleya University in Russia is conducting clinical trials and all the stages of the trials are not yet finished.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 July 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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