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Mongolian Fact-checking CenterHealth & medicine

АстраЗенека вакцин үхэлд хүргэх цусны бөөгнөрөл үүсгэдэг нь тогтоогдож, вакцинаа буцаан татсан

Publisher’s rating: Төөрөгдүүлсэн

The review says AstraZeneca withdrew its vaccine from the global market because demand had fallen, not because a newly discovered side effect prompted the withdrawal. It notes that very rare blood-clotting risks had been reported in March 2021, years before the withdrawal announcement.

PA MediaCrime & justice

A series of claims have been shared about a 2008 communication sent by the Home Office to police across the country. One social media post claimed the Home Office guidance said about victims of “rape gangs”: “We believe they have made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour and therefore it is not for your police officers to get involved.”

Publisher’s rating: This quote does not appear in the 2008 Home Office guidance. The document, which does not deal directly with grooming gangs, instead guides police officers on how to use their powers under the Children Act 1989. The quote comes from a 2018 interview with a former senior prosecutor – not Sir Keir – who was discussing the Home Office guidance. That prosecutor has since said this was the incorrect way to interpret the guidance.

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A video shows a three-headed elephant in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, during the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a viral video said to show a three-headed elephant at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The review reports that the event was scheduled to begin on 13 January 2025 and distinguishes the video’s apparent setting from its actual origin: it says the footage was not from Prayagraj or the Maha Kumbh, but from Thailand’s Ayutthaya Khon Festival. The elephant’s extra heads were props rather than additional real heads. [S1: “The viral video is not from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and not from the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.”; “The Maha Kumbh Mela is set to begin in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on 13 January 2025.”] To investigate, the review says it examined the viral video and noticed a mahout riding the three-headed elephant. It then performed reverse image searches on keyframes, which led to the same video on YouTube, uploaded by a Thai vlogger on 31 May 2024. According to the review, that video’s description identified preparations for the fifth Ayutthaya Khon Festival. The earlier upload and its stated festival context place the footage in Thailand before the 2025 event in Prayagraj. [S1: “We then conducted a reverse image search of keyframes from the video, which led us to the same video (archived) on YouTube, uploaded on 31 May 2024 by a Thai vlogger.”; “The description reveals that the video showcases preparations for the ‘5th Ayutthaya Khon Festival,’ a celebration of the Ayutthaya culture in Thailand.”] The review also says it searched for videos using clues from that description and found similar elephants in processions at Wat Mahathat during the Ayutthaya Khon Festival, including visuals from that year and earlier festivals. It reports that those comparisons showed the additional heads were prosthetic. Together, the identified Thai source video and the festival comparisons support the review’s conclusion that the viral footage was misattributed to the Maha Kumbh. [S1: “Taking clues from the video description, we used relevant keywords and found similar videos of three-headed elephants in processions during the Ayutthaya Khon Festival at Wat Mahathat.”; “These visuals clearly show that the additional two heads of the elephant are prosthetic.”]

Factcrescendo ThailandHealth & medicine

จีนและอินเดียได้ประกาศภาวะฉุกเฉิน เนื่องจากโรค HMPV (Human Metapneumovirus) ระบาด

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says neither China nor India had declared an HMPV emergency, and reports that Chinese authorities described the increase as normal for winter. It also says India reported two HMPV cases in Karnataka on January 6, while the health ministry reported no unusual increase in respiratory illness.

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