South Africa Covid-19 Coronavirus XBB variant omicron false claim Don’t believe warning about ‘different and deadly’ coronavirus ‘XBB variant’ – old false story circulating again
Jacinda Ardern Covid-19 Vaccine New Zealand's former prime minister Jacinda Ardern did get the Covid vaccine. Ignore false claims on social media
Covid-19 vaccination vaccinated Tedros Ghebreyesus WHO’s Tedros Ghebreyesus did get vaccinated against Covid-19. Ignore old video shared with different claim
Covid-19 Covid-19 vaccine Africa No, undated article misleads on vaccination rates and cases of Covid in Africa
Barack Obama United States Kenya No, former US president Barack Obama hasn’t admitted he was born in Kenya – old video reappeared in 2023
Covid-19 social grants loadshedding ANC Democratic Alliance No evidence South Africa’s governing party will ‘load shed’ essential social grants in 2024
Guardian George Monbiot Covid-19 No, Guardian columnist George Monbiot didn’t say he’s had Covid 23 times – fake headline and op-ed
World Health Organization pandemic Covid-19 power No, pandemic treaty still a rough draft, doesn’t give World Health Organization ‘control over entire world’
Pfizer Covid-19 efficacy Vaccine Covid-19 vaccine No, Pfizer didn’t admit it lied about testing efficacy of Covid vaccine