FACTSHEET: How Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine works
ZimFact is publishing a series of fact guides on Covid-19 vaccines as a contribution to the provision of factual information around a pandemic surrounded by so much misinformation. Sinovac’s CoronaVac…
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Are China’s vaccines under WHO probe after low efficacy ‘admission’?
CLAIM: The admission by a senior Chinese health official that the country’s vaccines have low efficacy has prompted a World Health Organisation (WHO) probe. Source: NewsDay article – “Chinese jabs…
Sinovac vaccine has 50.7% in Brazil tests. But what does it really mean?
The Sinovac vaccine showed an efficacy rate of 50.7% in a test study in Brazil, according to media reports. The report has raised interest in Zimbabwe, where Sinovac is one…
Is Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 vaccination rate among the highest in Africa?
CLAIM: Zimbabwe has the third highest rate of vaccinations in SADC and 8th highest in Africa, as a share of the population. Source: President Emmerson Mnangagwa, through his official Twitter…
Qatar exempts the vaccinated from quarantine, but is not shutting out those not inoculated
CLAIM: Qatar is barring persons not inoculated with Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines from entering the country. Source: Various social media posts VERDICT: FALSE. While Qatar is…
