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Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts have shared a purported health notice that warns people who get out of bed "too quickly" are likely to suffer a stroke. The claim is misleading: health experts said the warning was “not true” for healthy people who have no underlying medical conditions. The purported health notice was posted on Facebook on March 9, 2021. The post has been shared more than 600 times. The Thai-language post translates to English in part as: “A lot of people die at night when they get up too quickly from the bed because getting up...

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts share a claim that people become more prone to Covid-19 infection after they receive their first of two vaccine doses. The claim is misleading: while people who have received the Covid-19 jab can still contract the virus, getting the vaccine itself does not increase the risk of Covid-19 infection.  The claim was posted here on March 25, 2021 in a Facebook group with more than 35,000 members. “For those who have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, please don’t do too much physically or mentally draining activit...

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts have shared photos they claim show a house built on the smallest plot of land in Sri Lanka. However, the claim is false: the images in fact show a house in Vietnam. The images and the claim were shared on Facebook here on March 12, 2021.  “This house has the most space despite being built on the smallest land plot in Sri Lanka,” reads the Sinhala-language claim.  Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post, captured on March 15, 2021 The photos were also shared alongside similar claims on Facebook here.  However,...

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts have shared a text graphic alongside a claim that Denmark has passed a new law that prohibits Muslims from voting in the elections. The claim is false; Denmark has not passed such a law and the country’s parliamentary website shows all permitted Danish citizens above 18 are entitled to vote. The text graphic was shared in this Facebook post on November 3, 2020. It has been shared more than 1,400 times. The Hindi text reads: “Denmark has passed a law abolishing the voting rights given to Muslims in the country. This is...

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim health authorities should “explain” why two needles were used to give Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin a Covid-19 vaccine. The posts came after several other world leaders faced false accusations that they faked their Covid-19 vaccinations. The claim is misleading: it is common to change needles between the preparation and administration of vaccines for hygiene and practical reasons, according to health experts. “Withdraw using a BLUE syringe, injec...