Nicki Minaj's COVID-19 vaccine 'swollen testicles' claim is false, says Trinidad health minister


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  • Thursday, 16 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala - Met Gala - Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals - New York City, U.S. - May 6, 2019 - Nicki Minaj. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Wednesday criticized as "false" the claim by American rapper Nicki Minaj that a person on the Caribbean island suffered swollen testicles after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Trinidad-born Minaj sparked an international furor when she alleged on Twitter that her cousin in Trinidad refuses to get a vaccine because his friend become impotent after being vaccinated.

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