A video is released showing several Indian army soldiers fainting and collapsing to the ground with the claim that they died after being given the Covid-19 vaccine.
The soldiers of the country received the vaccine and while they were running, many people fainted and many have a terrible heart attack … https://t.co/wiX5gsbJuk
– SABEENA KHAN😎 (loneAlone___Girl_) 1630124872000
Soldiers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died after taking the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Indian military force vaccinated its troops to any of whom fell dead … https://t.co/cdMp5y4WtK
– STRANGE NEWS THAT FICTION (@jonrohnson) 1629990544000
In the 22-second-long viral video, army personnel can be seen attending to soldiers who have fainted and fallen to the ground. Some of the unconscious soldiers receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Among those who share the video with this statement is Husain Ahmad, who identifies himself as the secretary general of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, according to his Twitter biography.
The soldiers of the country received the vaccine and while they were running, many people fainted and many have a terrible heart attack … https://t.co/D563gI6VaG
– (𝔸𝕀𝕄𝕀𝕄) 🇮🇳 (@Husain__Ahmad) 1630145623000
TRUTH
The video comes from Pathankot, in the Punjab, where during an resistance training activity organized under the 9th Indian Army corps, one soldier was killed and many more were critically injured due to extreme weather conditions.
Death and injuries had nothing to do with the Covid-19 vaccine.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using the Google Chrome InVID extension, we split the video into keyframes and then did a reverse image search.
This led us to several videos posted on YouTube by various news portals with the same visuals.
A video uploaded to the YouTube Live News Bharat channel on August 21, 2021 had the same visuals that were seen in the previous viral video.
Entitled ‘Indian Army Jawan Dies Due to Heat Stroke During 9-Body Retreat Competition at Panjab’s Pathankot’, the description given in the video reads: ‘An Indian Army jawan died and some others are in severe condition due to heat stroke during a 9-body recce. Competition near Pathankot in hot and humid conditions. The soldiers collapsed and died from the heat stroke and exhaustion.
The Times of India reported on August 21, 2021.
“In an organized, supervised and supervised training activity near Pathankot, due to severe weather conditions, there was one fatality and there was little admission to Pathankot Military Hospital. The affected people receive the ‘Necessary medical attention,’ army officials told the ANI news agency.
In an organized, supervised and supervised training activity near Pathankot, due to the severe weather conditions, there are … https://t.co/38CCJxaRz2
– ANI (@ANI) 1629531419000
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that a video of an unfortunate incident in Pathankot, where an Indian jawan was killed and many others collapsed during a resistance race in a training activity, is being shared with false claims of spreading the narrative of the vaccine against Covid-19.