Claim: Pharma company AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine because it's outdated – not 'after admitting to dangerous side effect'
Fact-check: Pharma company AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine because it's outdated – not 'after admitting to dangerous side effect'
Verdict: social media posts claiming that astrazeneca's covid vaccine has been withdrawn because of a rare and sometimes fatal side effect are false. the manufacturer withdrew it because it was outdated.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Mary Alexander
Date published: 2024-06-06T00:00:00