Several social media posts claim that the Philippines issued an arrest warrant for Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in connection with deaths from Covid-19 vaccines. This claim is false. The Supreme Court of the Philippines told AFP Fact Check that no such arrest warrant has been issued for Gates. The posts also link to an article that makes a number of additional false claims.
“BREAKING NEWS: Bill Gates arrest warrant issued in Philippines for ‘Premeditated Murder’ for his Vaccination Program. Excess deaths have spiked in the aftermath of the vaccination drive in the Philippines with thousands of citizens dying unnecessarily and many more injured (sic),” reads a tweet from March 5, 2023.
The tweet links to an article published by the US-based site News Punch, which has a reputation for sharing false information.
The News Punch article makes several claims, including that "hundreds of thousands of citizens" died following the roll-out of the vaccine drive in the Philippines.
Additionally, the article also claims that the Philippines "banned" Gates from entering the country and requested that Interpol issue an arrest notice for the Microsoft co-founder.
The court which allegedly made that request is referred to in the article as the Heinous Crimes Court, located in the country's capital, Manila.
The article also claims that the Philippines halted a UN agency tetanus vaccine program after discovering it was "laced with an abortion drug."
The claims were repeated in Dutch on...
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