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CLAIM: Microbiologist Dr Elisa Granato, who took part in the Covid-19 Vaccine trial in Oxford on Thursday, had died following complications after taking the Covid-19 trial vaccine.
VERDICT: False
EVIDENCE 1: Dr Elisa Granato said she is very much alive in a Video released on Sunday 26th April, 2020, by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Twitter. The video can be found on this link: pic.twitter.com/Csw1WqmBQa.
Elisa Granato – First volunteer inoculated with Covid-19 vaccine at Oxford London pic.twitter.com/uKutyVqvoN
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EVIDENCE 2: The government of UK through the department of health and social care said in a tweet on Sunday that the news of Granato’s dead is “completely untrue”
EVIDENCE 3: WHO has not faulted Oxford Vaccine trial which Dr Granato volunteered for.
FULL TEXT: News of the demise of Dr. Elisa Granato one of the volunteers for the trial of the much awaited Covid-19 Vaccine, engulfed the social media worldwide on Friday. The news suggest that Dr Granato immediately died on Thursday after volunteering to be giving the vaccine.
TNG COVID-19 Fact Check team began investigating the authenticity of the news and it turns out to be false and fake. Granato One of the first people to be injected as part of UK human trials for a coronavirus vaccine has said she is “doing fine”.
The news of Granato’s demise was said to be triggered by a fake article that suggests she is death and was circulated on social media.
According to the Article “Microbiologist Dr Elisa Granato, who took part in the trial in Oxford on Thursday, had died following complications after taking the vaccine.”
The UK government was first to debunk the news where it stated in a tweet through the department of health and social care that the article was “completely untrue”, and warned people about sharing unsubstantiated claims online.
Following the article about her “death”, Dr Granato tweeted about the news before making her Twitter account private. She wrote: “Nothing like waking up to a fake article on your death … I’m doing fine everyone.” Granato’s Tweet which also involved her video was obtained by the BBC.
CONCLUSION:
Covid-19 vaccine is considered the ultimate exit strategy from lockdown by many experts, and scientists across the world are racing to develop one that can be produced at scale.
The Oxford Vaccine Group hopes to have at least a million doses ready in September. The world health organisation (WHO) has not faulted any vaccine trial yet.