Two Chinese nationals in Kenya have been killed after allegedly escaping from quarantine at the Nairobi Airport.
The article adds that the two Chinese nationals had been lynched after they were spotted walking around Lucky Summer wearing masks, after allegedly having broken quarantine and sneaking out of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport., Kenya is currently on high alert, having been listed as one of 13 priority countries that need to prioritize COVID-19 preparedness based on an evaluation by the World Health Organization., Kasarani OCPD Peter Kimani told PesaCheck that no such incident had been reported at any police posts or by officers who were on patrol duty in the area on March 1, the date when the lynchings allegedly happened., The incident was also not reported by the mainstream media, and there haven’t been any reports of travelers quarantined at JKIA after showing symptoms similar to those of COVID-19., A reverse image search of the image used in the article shows that the same photograph was used in an article by Venasnews in October 2017 after residents in in Lucky Summer held protests over the presence of suspected outlawed sect members in the area., This report appears to capitalize on the fact that passengers on a flight from China to Kenya were cleared upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on February 26, sparking public outrage. The incident has since led to profiling of Chinese nationals in Kenya, prompting a reaction from the Chinese Embassy in Kenya., PesaCheck has looked into the claim that two Chinese nationals were lynched in Lucky Summer estate for fear of spreading coronavirus and finds it to be FALSE., This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms., By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds., Have you spotted what you think is fake news or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content., This fact-check was written by PesaCheck Fact-Checker James Okong’o and edited by PesaCheck Deputy Editor Ann Ngengere with research input from Mercy Karagi., The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck Managing Editor Eric Mugendi., PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org., PesaCheck is a joint initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with additional funding support from the International Budget Partnership (Kenya) and Twaweza, in partnership with a coalition of local media organisations, and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)., Written by, Written by
HOAX: Reports that two Chinese nationals in Kenya have been killed over COVID-19 panic are false