Lord Sugar has been criticised for sharing a conspiracy theory on social media which stated that Covid-19 was man-made. The Apprentice star tweeted a claim purported to be from a Japanese scientist which said the strain was "not natural".
Independent fact-checking charity Full Fact debunked the claims. Lord Sugar later tweeted to say that he believed his earlier tweet to be "fake news", but defended his decision to share it.
The news comes as a minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee warned against celebrities spreading misinformation.
Full Fact said in a statement: "Various posts on Facebook claim that the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Tasuku Honjo has said that coronavirus is ‘not natural’. “The claim was also
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