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“This is a claim newborn babies were made to sleep on plastic chairs due to insufficient beds at a Nigerian hospital.”
Social media posts On Facebook. Claim dated 15 Aug 2019.
DUBAWA rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 August 2019. DUBAWA (Nigeria) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2019, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Where the claim appeared

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