The Infodemic: South Africa Doesn't Have Fifth Highest COVID
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:04 pmVOA - World News
FILE - A boy's temperature is checked as he enters a school amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 7, 2020.
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Daily Debunk
Claim: South Africa has the fifth-highest Covid-19 infection rate in the world.
Verdict: Incorrect
Read the full story at: Africa Check
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Video purportedly showing Russian healthcare workers celebrating a new vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse