“The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract for COVID-19 research in Ukraine months before the virus was known.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Department of Defense didn't award a COVID-19 contract in 2019. The description in the contract was modified in June 2020 to address the pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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