Fact Check: Did 7 children die in Senegal due to COVID-19 vaccine?

Claim: COVID19 vaccine killed 7 children in Senegal..

Rating: False

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What is rumour about?

• Many social media forwards stated that 7 children died in Senegal after y were given COVID-19 vaccine forcefully. 
• In video, one can find a crowd of people standing outside a building where a police vehicle is present. This is video that is being circulated. Many people are forwarding video with various types of captions. 

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Who started rumour?

• claims were made by many sources on social media.
• Take a look at type of forwards that are being sent by people on social media. 

Im courtesy: Twitter

Im courtesy: Twitter

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to COVID19 vaccine killed 7 children rumour, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw about same. maximum number of searches has been done on April 10, 2020. 

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Republic World did a fact check on "Senegal children dying due to COVID-19 vaccine" rumour

• Republic World did a fact check to dig deeper into  claims stating that COVID vaccine had killed 7 children in Senegal, and found it to be False.
• Reportedly, a spokesperson from Senegal's health ministry clearly rejected se claims. She clarified that re is vaccine for COVID-19 yet, even when findings are still going on in Dakar's Institut Pasteur. Even WHO hasn't mentioned any specific antiviral medicine for Coronavirus infection as of yet. 
• video showing a chaotic scene around a house is actually an old news clip from March. video is about a rumour of a Canadian and a Senegal man claiming to be health officials. who tried to vaccinate people for COVID-19 forcefully.
• On March 26, re was a report of two getting arrested in Dakar. Apparently, y had been accused of forcefully vaccinating people. But that news has connection to 7 children dying. 
• people who were arrested after March 26 incident were found to be cosmetic salesmen and were mistaken for health officials due to logo on ir shirt. People nearby had actually misinterpreted and assumed that y have come to vaccinate m by force.
• y were soon arrested and n released due to misunderstanding as even police officials couldn't find any vaccines with se two men after searching m and ir bags. 

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