Reports that there is a Chinese vaccine for COVID-19 that has arrived in Africa.
The post, which has images showing officials receiving supplies in boxes at a hospital, adds that the vaccine against COVID-19 in now in Burundi, and is set for Uganda next., The photos were, however, first shared on April 3, 2020 when China’s ambassador to Burundi, Li Changlin, delivered medical supplies by his government to the Ministry of Public Health in Burundi., Dr Thaddee Ndikumana, the minister in charge of Public Health in Burundi, received the consignment to support the country in its fight against COVID-19. So far, the East African nation has confirmed five coronavirus cases and one death., To date, there is no known vaccination for COVID19. However, the World Health Organization is working with a group of experts from across the world towards the development of vaccines against the novel coronavirus., On April 14, China approved two coronavirus vaccines for early-stage trials in the Asian country., Pesacheck has debunked several claims about COVID-19 treatments. They include:, PesaCheck has looked into a Facebook post claiming that a Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 has arrived in Africa 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 Pius Enywaru and edited by PesaCheck News Editor Enock Nyariki., 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
FALSE: COVID-19 vaccine from China has not arrived in Africa