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Did a South African woman give birth to 10 twins?

Did a South African woman give birth to 10 twins?
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Several press sites, including Youm7, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, and Al-Masry Al-Youm Lite, published news about a South African woman who gave birth to 10 twins, and entered the Guinness Book of Records. ❌❌

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There is no evidence yet, that Ms.Josiyama Thamara, 37, I’ve already given birth to 10 twins.✅✅

Thabo Masebe, spokesperson for the governor of the Gauteng region, in South Africa, to which the woman belongs, issued a statement, saying that the region’s public and private hospitals had not recorded the birth of 10 children, and if the matter It has already happened, it is difficult to hide it completely

The Daily Mail quoted the statement in which Masebi said: “Commenting on reports from the media that a woman in Gauteng gave birth to 10 twins, the province conducted a comprehensive examination in all its hospitals to ensure the health of reports, and none of the county’s hospitals, public and private, have any records of such a thing.”

Faziwi Ndwyana, a spokesman for the Ministry of Social Development, said that the news could only be confirmed after visiting the mother and seeing the children.

Guinness World Records has not documented the children’s condition, and confirmed in a special statement to the BBC that it is still investigating the matter.

On the other hand, a South African official confirmed to the BBC, the births, While another official said they had not seen the children yet

A family member, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC that the woman had given birth to 10 children – five by vaginal delivery and five by caesarean section. ..✅✅

The Guinness World Record for the largest number of children born in one birth and surviving is still held by a woman who gave birth to 8 children in the United States in 2009.

Last month, May 2020, a Malian woman gave birth to 9 children in a clinic in Morocco, documented by WORLD RECORD ACADEMY as a record for the largest number of children born at one time.