Reportedly at a time when the novel coronavirus cases are surging globally and the world is desperately looking for a vaccine, a post with a video of donald trump claiming that the united states President has announced that the Covid-19 vaccine is ready and will be launched by the pharmaceutical giant Roche by next sunday has gone viral.

 

facebook posts by users such as "Soumya G. G" and "Zafar ali Mahar" show a video clip of NBC news channel. At the very beginning of the 37-second clip, trump invites Matt Sause, president and CEO of Roche Diagnostics, North America, on the dais. Sause conveys his thankfulness to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for "rapid approval" for coronavirus tests.

 

The caption of the facebook posts read, "Trump announced that Roche Medical Company will launch the vaccine next sunday, and millions of doses are ready from it !!! The end of the play.!" trump never said that the coronavirus vaccine will be launched by Roche next Sunday. Sause had just thanked FDA for approval for coronavirus tests. The company was given emergency approval for coronavirus tests and not the vaccine. On the same day, Roche in a press release announced that FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the cobas® SARS-CoV-2 Test. It says this is the "first commercial test for SARS-CoV-2 will enable expedited coronavirus testing to meet urgent medical needs".Therefore, it is clear that the viral post claiming united states President donald trump has announced a vaccine for coronavirus by next sunday is misleading.

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