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The Australian Defence Force has rejected 'wild' social media claims that it's forcibly vaccinating Indigenous Northern Territorians against Covid-19.
Facebook posts by various groups and individuals over the past few days have made an array of colourful accusations about the pandemic response in the Top End.
The misinformation has been shared and reposted to multiple platforms with fears it could threaten efforts to contain an outbreak in the Top End.
Some of the posts allege infected Aboriginal people are being transferred to quarantine facilities against their will, while likening them to the Stolen Generation.
The Australian Defence Force has denied claims circulating on Facebook that they are vaccinating Indigenous populations (pictured) by force in the Northern Territory amid current outbreak
ADF personnel deliver food packages (pictured) to Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory are in extreme lockdown with people unable to leave their homes
One group of traditional owners also accused ADF personnel of holding down people in some Indigenous communities and injecting them with the vaccine.
The ADF rejected the accusations, saying they are lies.
'Defence is aware of social media posts claiming the Australian Defence Force is forcibly vaccinating or detaining members of the Australian community,' a spokesman said in a statement.
'These claims are emphatically false'.
Commander of the Defence's NT Covid-19 response, Colonel Tim Rutherford, said the posts had been made by 'issue-motivated' groups that were using the ADF's
