SUMMARY
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At a glance
- Claim: Vice President Leni Robredo received a COVID-19 vaccine while wearing a long-sleeved blouse.
- Rating: FALSE
- The facts: The woman in the now-viral photo was not Robredo. It was Dr. Flordeliza Grana, a pediatric surgeon at the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (ARMMC).
- Why we fact-checked this: The photo and other related posts falsely identifying Robredo have been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter.
Complete details
Some pro-administration bloggers posted a photo mocking Robredo for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine while wearing a long-sleeved blouse.
Krizette Laureta Chu wrote on her Facebook post, “Because Leni Robredo doesn’t and has never rolled up her sleeves for anything.”
Sass Sasot also posted the photo without mentioning Robredo. Her caption was: “I know this is symbolic. Pero sana naman tinaas ang manggas para mas kapani-paniwala. Eksena 101 (Please raise the sleeves so the act is more believable. How to make a scene 101).”
Her followers assumed she was referring to the Vice President, a common subject of her attacks.
Other users on Facebook and Twitter also shared the picture and criticized the woman in the photo.
This claim is false.
The woman in the picture is Dr. Flordeliza Grana, a pediatric surgeon at the ARMMC.
Robredo called out the false claim on her Facebook account.
Grana then shared Robredo’s post on her personal account and said: “‘Bakuna’ blouse gamit ko. (My blouse’s sleeves have holes) Please report those spreading fake news. Thank you.”
Grana was among the 1,500 healthcare workers who received the Sinovac vaccine on Tuesday, March 2, in Marikina City. – Camille Elemia/Rappler.com
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