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“Vice President Leni Robredo said prisoners should be temporarily freed to prevent spread of COVID-19 in jails”
Social media posts Claim dated 19 Mar 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFake

In short

This claim spread on social media around 19 March 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Fake”.

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