![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # Reports of deaths from corona vaccination in Senegal are false Aug 28, 2020, 11:14 p.m. (CEST) There is a rumor circulating on the Internet that there will be a mass vaccination against this Seven children have died from coronavirus in Senegal. As evidence, the Screenshot of a query distributed in a search engine. There are several on it Find locations with corresponding reports about the alleged incident see. RATING: The reports shown in the screenshot did exist. It However, these are false reports that were subsequently corrected. FACTS: Authorities in Senegal have confirmed the allegations, according to the The Reuters agency has since rejected it as incorrect. You therefore have confirmed that no one was suspected of having coronavirus in the incident. Vaccine died. The starting point was a video about a police operation in Dalifort, a District of the Senegalese capital Dakar. The video shows one Crowd and a police car in front of a house. It was published initially with an audio commentary in Wolof, a popular language in Senegal Language. The video can be found, among other things, on the news website “Senego”, where it was already distributed at the end of March. The police have criminals arrested, it says. You would have represented yourself as a representative of the Ministry of Health and claims that children are against the coronavirus wanting to vaccinate. Later, another version with an audio commentary circulated French. Only then was it falsely claimed that there were seven Children died after being vaccinated against the coronavirus. The portals “weblyf.com” and “ezone57.com” have taken up this and false news spread at the beginning of April. Later both sides have revised and changed your contribution. As the AFP agency reported in a fact check on March 26th actually arrested a man in Dalifort selling cosmetic products wanted to sell. According to the broadcaster France 24, he presented himself as Representatives of the Ministry of Health appeared and wore a T-shirt with a logo of the ministry. When asked whether he also had a vaccine against that He answered “yes” if he had coronavirus. The reports were preceded by a debate over statements by the French Scientist Jean-Paul Mira, who asked the provocative question whether a vaccine should not be tested in Africa. He left later sorry. Researchers around the world are currently working on developing a vaccine against it the coronavirus. Around 170 corresponding projects are currently underway World Health Organization. \--- Left: Post on Facebook: (archived: Hoax on “ezone57.com” from April 8, 2020 (archived): Modified report on «ezone57.com»: test-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-on-children-in-senegal-what-does-this-video- really-show/ (archived: Hoax on “weblyf.com” from April 9, 2020 (archived): Changed report on «weblyf.com»: covid-19-vaccine-killed-seven-children-in-senegal-africa/ (archived: Video with false claims in the audio commentary: Video with audio commentary in Wolof: Report from March 26th on the website of the broadcaster “Senego”: et-se-font-arreter-video_1064161.html (archived: Report from the broadcaster France 24: senegal-video-coronavirus (archived: Fact check from Reuters: children-senegal-vaccine-co/false-claim-seven-children-killed-in-senegal- after-receiving-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN21Y2SI (archived: Fact check from AFP: the-coronavirus-vaccine-which-does-not-yet-exist (archived: Report on statements by scientist Jean-Paul Mira: guinea pig-1.4867427 (archived: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: faktencheck@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
A rumor is circulating on the Internet that seven children died during a mass vaccination against the coronavirus in Senegal A screenshot of a query in a search engine is distributed as evidence There you can see several locations with corresponding reports about the alleged incident