Reports circulating around Facebook of a child collapsing in the Manning Valley following a COVID-19 vaccination appear to be fake news.
A website called On Scene News Australia posted an item on its Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon, January 12 claiming a young child had collapsed at a chemist in the Manning Valley following a vaccination.
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The post states that NSW Ambulance was called to the scene and the child was rushed to hospital.
Australian Community News (publishers of the Great Lakes Advocate) contacted Hunter New England Health District to verify the report.
"We have asked the appropriate staff (at the hospital) and have found no record of this incident occurring," a spokesperson said.
Further inquiries by ACM to other sources failed to confirm the incident occurred.
ACM contacted On Scene News Australia for comment but received no reply. The story does not appear on their website upon searching.
Julia Driscoll
Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.
Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.
