WHO Director Dr Tedros said he hasn’t been vaccinated in a recorded interview.
This is not true. Dr Tedros has been vaccinated. The unedited version of this conversation shows him explaining that he delayed receiving the vaccine until it was available in poorer countries.
Claims that World Health Organisation (WHO) director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he hasn’t received the Covid-19 vaccine have been circulating on social media.
The claims stem from a video shared widely on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok which supposedly shows that “WHO Director Dr Tedros says he hasn’t been vaccinated”.
This isn’t true. The clip is from an edited interview in which Dr Tedros confirmed that he had been vaccinated, but had chosen to delay receiving the vaccine as a form of protest against the slower vaccine rollout in poorer countries.
Dr Tedros has confirmed on multiple occasions that he has received the Covid-19 vaccine. In a tweet posted on 12 May 2021, he shared a photo of himself being vaccinated, writing “Today it was my turn to get vaccinated @Hopitaux_unige against #COVID19. Vaccines save lives. It’s critical to get them to all counties A.S.A.P. If like me you live in a country where vaccines are available, please get vaccinated when it’s your turn.”
He further confirmed he’d received the vaccine in an interview with Science magazine published on 18 June 2021.
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