Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video has been released showing a medical team inside a hospital environment. The video is accompanied by a caption claiming that the footage shows the isolation of patients in Skopje, who were then allegedly executed during the pandemic.
content with the above claim was published on December 31 on TikTok by an account named "joqmacedonia".
What is the truth of this content?
Hibrid.info has found that the footage shows the moment of death of a patient in the isolation ward in Wuhan, China.
Hibrid.info has researched through the automated search program, "InVID" and has found the same video material published on the media outlet's account "Radio Free Asia” (RFA) on the “X” platform (formerly Twitter).
The video was posted on February 1, 2020 and is captioned “[A depressing scene in the isolation ward] In the isolation ward of Wuhan Hospital, the most uncomfortable moment for patients is seeing the patient next to them die. Everyone is worried about when death will come."
in Wuhan the first case of the coronavirus, which later caused the COVID-19 pandemic, appeared. Wuhan was also the first city to be locked down after the pandemic in January 2020.
Analyze:
The claim that a video shows footage of patients being isolated in Skopje, who were then allegedly executed during the pandemic, is incorrect.
In fact, the video was taken from the isolation ward of Wuhan Hospital (in the city where the coronavirus first appeared), showing the moment of a patient's death.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.