Claim: MRC-5 cells taken from an aborted fetus contained in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Fact-check: Misleading claim spreads online that AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 foetal cells
Verdict: misleading
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Taylor Thompson-Fuller
Date published: 2020-12-11T05:00:00