Two government ministers were accosted this week at a public meeting over fears Covid vaccines are ’making people magnetic’.

Protestors claimed the contents of the jabs is unknown, and cause magnetism.

Health Minister David Ashford and Education Minister Alex Allinson - who is also a GP - were confronted at a gathering of the Positive Action Group.

A woman is filmed fixing what appears to be a magnet to her skin allegedly on the same spot where she was jabbed with the coronavirus vaccine.

A cheer erupted from the crowd when the magnet stuck, and one man repeatedly heckled Dr Allinson, demanding: ’Come on Alex, talk your way out of this.’

Dr Allinson addresses the room saying: ’The hoax is that the vaccination causes some magnetic traction that can make things stick to your skin.’

The footage was taken at the Coping With Covid event at the Manx Legion in Douglas on Monday.

Both ministers were challenged for wearing masks throughout the meeting, as they attempted to explain how decisions to manage and control the illness were made and implemented.

At the end of the 99-second clip, Dr Allinson stares directly at the camera and says: ’We know the contents of the injection and it does not cause magnetism.’

Simon Scott, who attended the meeting of over 100 people, told us that Mr Ashford also told the crowd he was not in favour of implementing vaccine passports, reiterating the view he expressed on a front page of the Courier earlier this year.

He also said that the piece of metal was in fact a watch battery.

A lot of conspiracy theorists have performed similar stunts around the world.

America’s Centre for Disease Control has looked into them.

It says: ’Receiving a Covid-19 vaccine will not make you magnetic, including at the site of vaccination which is usually your arm.

’Covid-19 vaccines do not contain ingredients that can produce an electromagnetic field at the site of your injection.

’All Covid-19 vaccines are free from metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth alloys, as well as any manufactured products such as microelectronics, electrodes, carbon nanotubes, and nanowire semiconductors,' he said.

‘The claim that the Covid vaccination somehow makes your arm magnetic is a hoax which has circulated for several months on social media and has been perpetuated by anti-vaxxers.’

He continued: ‘Unfortunately there are a small number of people spreading misinformation and exploiting valid concerns for their own ends.

‘Stories have been spread that the Covid vaccines contain pork or beef extracts, contain aborted foetal cells or affect fertility; all of which have been comprehensively disproved.

As for what his impression of the incident was, Dr Allinson said: ‘I was initially amused but became concerned at the way the woman involved seemed convinced that she had been “magnetised” and the way she was being encouraged by other people in the room to promote this hoax.’