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      Photo From Latvia Shared As COVID-19 Measures In Germany

      The photo taken in October 2021 shows people in a Latvian supermarket where a fence was installed to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated customers.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  27 Dec 2021 7:13 PM IST
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      Photo From Latvia Shared As COVID-19 Measures In Germany

      A photo of two people holding hands through a fence has been shared hundreds of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows a "new Berlin Wall" separating "vaccinated and non-vaccinated people" in a German supermarket. The posts circulated online as parts of Europe faced a new surge of coronavirus infections. However, the claim is misleading. The photo -- which was taken in October 2021 -- shows people in a Latvian supermarket, where a fence was installed to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated customers during a three-month state of emergency.

      Also Read: No, 400 Kids Were Not Treated In Canada For Injuries Caused By Vaccines

      "In Germany, a fence separates vaccinated and non-vaccinated people in the supermarket," a Twitter post shared here on December 3 reads.

      The post has been retweeted more than 130 times.

      It circulated online after then German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would impose sweeping curbs on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

      "Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," Merkel said, adding that the same rule would also apply to non-essential shops.


      Screenshot of the misleading Twitter post taken on December 23, 2021.

      Another post written in simplified Chinese language described the fence in the image as "the new 'Berlin wall' in Germany".

      Some social media users appeared to be misled by the claim.

      Also Read: Unvaccinated Australians Will Not Be Fined For Sneezing In Public

      "Are the Germans really crazy or pretending to be crazy," one user commented.

      "The Berlin Wall fell, and the Quarantine Wall came again," another user said.

      The posts circulated online as some countries in Europe faced a new surge of coronavirus infections fired globally by the Omicron variant. AFP reported on the developments here.

      The same image has been circulated on Twitter and Facebook alongside a similar misleading claim here, here and here.

      In fact, a reverse image search found that the original photo shows a shopping mall in Latvia -- not Germany.

      Emergency Covid measures

      Aldis Gobzems, a Latvian politician and lawyer, shared the image on his personal Facebook account here on October 13, 2021.

      "We are separated by a virus-proof fence. Kristi (the woman in the picture) has a QR code, I don't have [one]," Gobzems said in the post.


      Screenshot of the original Facebook post translated in English, taken on December 23, 2021.

      Another reverse image search on Google found the photo was taken at the Alfa shopping center in Riga.

      Also Read: No, British PM Boris Johnson Did Not Fake Getting Booster Shot

      A spokesperson for the mall told AFP the photo was taken after Latvia declared a three-month state of emergency on October 11, 2021 -- following a record surge in Covid-19 infections.

      As part of the measures, the government announced unvaccinated Latvians would not be allowed to enter supermarkets.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   Photo shows wall separating vaccinated and unvaccinated people in a supermarket in Germany.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Twitter
      Fact Check :  False
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