The dubious portal "newstoday74.com" has published an article falsely claiming that "from August 25, several municipalities in Kosovo will have a total lockdown due to the increase in cases of the Corona virus."
By fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article contains a false headline, which does not match the content. The news is old, published on September 8, 2020 by the online newspaper "Sinjali.com", where it shows the number of positive cases with COVID-19 on that day.
So, the claim that from August 25, some municipalities will have a total lockdown as a result of the increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19 is untrue.
Text of the article published on "newstoday74.com":
From August 25th, these are the municipalities that will be closed for 1 week
During the last 24 hours, 97 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Kosovo, reports Gazeta Sinjali.
According to the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, the new cases come from 23 municipalities in Kosovo.
"The positive cases are from: Pristina municipality 27 cases, Gjilan municipality 8 cases, Klina municipality 8 cases, Peja municipality 8 cases, Gjakova municipality 5 cases, Vushtrri municipality 5 cases, Drenas municipality 4 cases, Fushë Kosovë municipality 4 cases, Mitrovica municipality 4 cases, Obiliq municipality 4 cases, Deçan municipality 2 cases, Kamenica municipality 2 cases, Lipjan municipality 2 cases, Podujeva municipality 2 cases, Prizren municipality 2 cases, Rahovec municipality 2 cases, Viti municipality 2 cases and one case each from the municipalities of Ferizaj, Hani i Elezit, Shtime, Skenderaj, Suhareka and Zubin Potok," the NIPHK statement reads.
Link to the article published on "newstoday74.com":
The same article published by "newstoday74.com" was also shared by several Facebook pages such as: "Në Kohë" and "Specialja".
https://www.facebook.com/nekohe/posts/194509572710277
https://www.facebook.com/revistaspecialja/posts/355028359594918
Below you can find the authentic article published in real time (September 8, 2020) from the "Sinjali.com" portal:
Analyze:
The dubious portal "newstoday74.com" has published an old article taken from "sinjali.com", which reported the number of people infected with COVID-19 on September 8, 2020.
This article was intentionally given a false title, claiming that “as of August 25, these are the municipalities that will be closed for 1 week.” The same article was also shared on Facebook by the pages “Në Kohë” and “Specialja”.
After fact-checking analysis based on the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "misinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.