What was claimed
2 nurses who were in ITU in Swansea have died today. 3 more still ventilated. All from the same unit.
Our verdict
This is not true.
Claims about Swansea nurses dying in intensive care were false
7 April 2020
Posts have been spreading on social media claiming that two nurses from the same unit had died in an Intensive Treatment Unit in Swansea, and that three more were being ventilated.
This is not the case. The Swansea Bay NHS social media accounts confirmed that the claims were not correct and that “No nurses have died in our ITU.”
On Facebook, it added: “Can we ask people please check their facts before posting or sharing inaccurate information.”
The original tweet containing this claim has been deleted, as has the account that posted it. Posts from others repeating the false claim remain online.
This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because no nurses have died in a Swansea ITU at the time of writing.