Pop star Jim Corr has been slammed for helping to spread fake news about a beloved grandmother who became the first person in the world to receive the coronavirus jab.
Margaret Keenan (91), who lives in Coventry but is originally from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, was the first person in the world to be vaccinated against Covid-19 last month and received her second jab on Tuesday.
Guitarist Jim who is currently banned from Twitter suggested there were “question marks” about Mrs Keenan’s identity as the internet filled with bizarre rumours she was an actor.
Images of Mrs Keenan receiving the jab were beamed around the world from Coventry University Hospital on December 8 but almost immediately, conspiracy theories began to spread on social media including the idea Mrs Keenan was an actor.
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