Fake news: Sabah Health Dept says viral video of teen dying after vaccination untrue, police report lodged


KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged following a viral video claiming that a student in Sabah's east coast Lahad Datu had died after getting a Covid-19 vaccination.

Sabah Health director Dr Rose Nani Mudin said the department and its Lahad Datu office had investigated the claims by a woman in a viral video and found that they were totally untrue.

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