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Daily Debunk
Claim: The British government blocked the UK’s Office for National Statistics from releasing data on deaths related to Covid-19 vaccinations.
Verdict: Missing Context
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: An image claiming to show South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receiving a COVID-19 vaccination with the cap “still on the needle.”
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Check Your Fact
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Quick guide: COVID-19 vaccines in use and how they work
Here's a quick guide to the COVID-19 vaccines now in use around the world.
-- Live Science, March 1