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"The posts\xa0caption reads: “Situation in Italy”.", The novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. As of April 1, 2020, COVID-19 has killed at least 40,598 people\xa0globally, and infected 823,626\xa0others, according to\xa0this\xa0WHO report., Below is a screenshot of the misleading post with the photos numbered in red by AFP:, Some of the above five photos had been uploaded twice on the same post, except for this one, which can be seen in the screenshot below, numbered “6”:, Some or all of the photos were also shared alongside a similar claim here and here on Facebook; as well as\xa0here, here, here and here on Twitter; and here and here on forums., The images were also circulated alongside a similar claim in other languages, including here in Arabic., The claim is false. All of the photos were shot outside a hospital in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake on March 22, 2020., --Photo 1--, A reverse image search found photo 1 in this March 22 report published by Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List, with the title “Evacuation of Petrova Hospital”., Petrova Hospital is located in Zagreb, which, on March 22, was hit by the most powerful earthquake the city had seen in nearly 140 years. Here is an AFP report on the quake., Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading post (L) and the Jutarnji List image (R):, --Photo 2--, While the source of photo 2 was\xa0not clear, it corresponds with the scene in the other images. It also corresponds with Google Street View imagery outside\xa0Petrova Hospital, as seen\xa0here., --Photo 3--, Photo 3 was published\xa0here\xa0on\xa0Twitter on March 22 alongside a Croatian-language caption\xa0which translates to English as: “Petrova maternity hospital”., Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and the Twitter photo (R):, --Photo 4--, This March 22 report by Croatian news site Index.hr said photo 4 shows members of Bad Blue Boys, a fan group for the Croatian football clubs GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Futsal Dinamo, who helped evacuate babies from the hospital following the earthquake., Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and the Index.hr photo (R):, The image also corresponds with this video shared on Twitter on March 23 alongside a similar description about the fan group., --Photo 5--, Photo 5 was seen in this March 22 report about the earthquake by local Croatian news outlet Vrisak., Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and the Vrisak photo (R):, --Photo 6--, Photo 6 was published by Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija in this March 22 report\xa0about the earthquake., Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and the Slobodna Dalmacija photo (R):, , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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