FAKE: This post claiming the Aga Khan vaccination centre is offering the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine is fabricated
At the time the message was shared, the Aga Khan University Hospital had suspended the vaccination exercise following depletion of its stock.
A message shared on Facebook claiming that the Aga Khan vaccination centre is offering the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is FAKE.
The message urges members of the public to inform those interested that the hospital is offering the first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine to anyone above the age of 18.
The message was shared on 1 August 2021 even though the hospital had suspended its COVID-19 vaccination exercise under the free government programme following the depletion of stocks.
Aga Khan University Hospital is one of over 600 COVID-19 vaccination posts in Kenya approved by the Ministry of Health. The hospital put out a notice on 28 July 2021, stating that it would announce resumption of its vaccination exercise once it receives more doses of the vaccine from the Ministry of Health.
In another Facebook post, the hospital disowned the message in question calling it fake.
On 5 August 2022, the hospital announced resumption of the vaccination exercise which is targeted at eligible people and not just anyone above the age of 18 years as claimed by the message in question.
PesaCheck has looked into the message shared on Facebook claiming that the Aga Khan vaccination centre is offering the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and finds it to be FAKE.
This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.
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This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Simon Muli and edited by PesaCheck Chief Copy Editor Rose Lukalo.
The article was approved for publication by Managing Editor Enock Nyariki.
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