{
  "id": 10905586,
  "title": "Africa: No Evidence Criminals Are Claiming to Test Blood Sugar for Free Only to 'Inject Victims With HIV' - Old Hoax Resurfaces",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/africa-no-evidence-criminals-are-claiming-to-test-blood-sugar-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T09:11:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609300171.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A circulating graphic on social media warns of criminals offering free blood sugar tests in South Africa and Nigeria, only to inject victims with HIV. However, this hoax has been debunked in the Philippines in 2025, and there is no evidence that it is occurring in South Africa or Nigeria. The claim appears to be a recycled warning that has been translated from Filipino and shared widely on social media, despite being debunked previously. It is important to be cautious of such zombie claims, which can cause unnecessary fear and panic among social media users.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}