The dubious portal with content in Albanian "news31post.com" has published an article titled "SHOCKING // The first case of Monkey Island in Kosovo?!".
From research through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find this article published on the portal "albeu.com" on June 4, which also contains the tendentious title "The first case of monkeypox in Kosovo?".
The content does not provide what is claimed in the title, as the first suspected case of "Monkey Flu" in Kosovo has not yet been confirmed.
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This article with a tendentious title was also shared on Facebook by the “Express Gazeta” page, which has nearly 70 thousand followers. (see here)
The content of the article published by the dubious portal "news31post.com" cited the online medium "albeu.com", which published this news on June 4, with the false title "First case of monkeypox in Kosovo?" (see here)
Regarding the first suspected case of "Monkey Flu" in Kosovo, the spokesperson for the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (IKSHPK), Era Pireva, in a statement to Telegrafi.com given yesterday (Tuesday/June 7), said that the suspect's sample was scheduled to be sent yesterday during the day, adding that it is not known when its result is expected to be released.
"Samples from the suspected MNKPOX patient are scheduled to be sent today with WHO assistance to the WHO reference laboratory for high-risk pathogens in the Netherlands. We do not yet have information on when we expect to receive the results once the samples arrive in the Netherlands," Pireva told the Telegraph. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "news31post.com" has published an article with the tendentious title "SHOCKING // The first case of Monkey Island in Kosovo?!".
This article cited the online medium "albeu.com", which on June 4 published this news, which also contains an inadequate title - "First case of monkeypox in Kosovo?".
The spokesperson for the National Institute of Public Health, Era Pireva, has made it clear that the first suspected case of "Monkey Flu" in Kosovo has not yet been confirmed.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
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.