A video was published yesterday (June 16) by the account named "qiameti2024" on TikTok, claiming to be about the spread of a new virus.
The published video material is taken from a report carried out by the Albanian-language media outlet, "Koha Jonë".
However, hibrid.info has researched and found that the video material used to support this claim was published three years ago (2020).
Link to the video material published by the "qiyameti2024" account on TikTok:
This video material published by the "qiyameti2024" account on TikTok has, to date, managed to accumulate over 35 thousand views. (see photo below)
After researching using online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the authentic video on the official channel of "Koha Jonë" on Youtube (see here), a video that turns out to have been published three years ago, on January 21, 2020, a few days before the virus was named "Covid-19", the virus reported in the video.
The virus was named "Covid-19" on February 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization (WHO). (see here)
Also, to prove the non-existence of a new virus, what is described in the video material, hibrid.info has managed to find the list of currently widespread infectious diseases, on the website of the "Center for Disease Control and Prevention" (CDC), a US government agency. (see here)
Analyze:
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the video material published by the account "kiyameti2024" is false.
The author of the video claims about a new virus, based on the news prepared three years ago by the media outlet "Koha Jonë" about the "Covid-19" virus, a few days before the virus was officially named by the WHO.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim in this video as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.