Claim: Hydrogen Peroxide can protect you against COVID-19 Source: Prof. Andrews Seth Ayettey Verdict: Unproven Researched by Sani Abdul-Rahman As the world races to find
Claim: Ghana declares new Ebola outbreak Source: Opera News Verdict: False Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu A news article published on gh.opera.news claims Ghana has
Claim: Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital overwhelmed with patients Source: Twene Jones TV Verdict: Misleading Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu Is Ghana’s premier health-care facility, Korle-Bu Teaching
Claim: Nigerian students refuse COVID-19 vaccine by jumping off a two-storey school building Source: Viral WhatsApp video and audio Verdict: False Researched by Nii Larte
Claim: Ghana to receive about 2.4 million AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by end of February. Source: Graphic Online, Ghanaian Times Verdict: False Researched by Sani Abdul-Rahman
Ghanaian kids are back in school despite the country seeing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. The decision which was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo continues
Ghana is battling a second wave of COVID-19 infections, with average daily rate of infection now standing at seven hundred (700). As of January 27,
Ghana is set to receive approximately 965,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March, the COVAX interim distribution forecast shared by Gavi,
Claim: Imported nose masks are contaminated with COVID-19 Source: WhatsApp Forward Verdict: False Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu A voice note circulating on WhatsApp falsely
As Ghana plans to deploy COVID-19 vaccines by March 2021, social media misinformation about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines is already threatening its
