Claim: Spain's Health Ministry said that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has never been isolated.
Fact-check: The Covid-19 virus has been isolated many times in Spain—and elsewhere - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. spain's health ministry said that it did not have its own samples of the virus, or a register of labs that culture them. the virus has in fact been isolated many times.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00