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False Claim of Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Trial in Africa

False Claim of Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Trial in Africa

Posts across social media are falsely claiming that a vaccine trial for the novel coronavirus in Senegal resulted in the death of seven children. The video behind those claims does not show that. And there is no clinical trial for a potential vaccine currently taking place in Senegal.