“
No, Levotop does not treat Covid-19
”, headlined the AfricaCheck information verification site in October 2020. “
Covid-19: seven children dead in Senegal after being vaccinated? False !
», He still published. Since the start of the pandemic, false information, via Facebook, WhatsApp or even TikTok, has swarmed on the African continent and has not abated. In all, more than 9,000 “
fake news
” have circulated around the coronavirus, according to an investigation by the American Poynter Institute. So much so that the WHO evoked from April 2020 a real "
infodemic
" that was raging in across the world.
Africa, a continent conducive to self-medication and strong traditional beliefs, is no exception.
Again Thursday, factual AFP dismantled a publication that went viral on Facebook assuring that the presidents of Haiti, Tanzania and Burundi, recently deceased, would have been "
murdered
" because of their opposition to the vaccine against the Covid-19.
In Senegal alone,
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