Cristiano Ronaldo’s hotels to be turned into quarantine centres in Portugal.
Social media posts and news articles claiming Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will turn his chain of hotels into hospitals to treat Coronavirus patients, are false., "BOOM contacted the Portuguese footballers hotel - Pestana CR7 - and reached out to other fact checkers in Portugal and found that the claim was false.", The false claim, which also said treatment would be available for free and that Ronaldo would pay doctors and workers for their services, was shared by verified international Twitter handles including Foot Mercato (archive), The Sportsman (archive), Footy Accumulators as well as Gulf News (archive)., "In India, ABP Anandas verified Facebook page (archive) shared the same claim.", False claim about Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo turning his hotels into hospitals for Corona virus patients shared from a verified Twitter handle, , , , Cristiano Ronaldo captains the national football team of Portugal and plays forward for the Serie A Club Juventus., , , BOOM went through articles published on several websites - Gulf News, Give Me Sport, Juve fc - with the same claim and found that all of them had attributed it to an article published in Spanish sports newspaper Marca. Click here, here and here for archived versions., , "BOOM looked for the article on MARCAs official website but it has been since removed. However, we were able take a screenshot of the article before the Spanish daily pulled it off its website.", "According to recent news reports, Ronaldo has tested negative for COVID-19 and is in quarantine at his native Maderia. Ronaldos team-mate Daniele Rugani had tested positive on March 11, 2020. On March 13, the Juventus star tweeted about the Coronavirus outbreak from his official Twitter handle. The false claim had gone viral from March 14.", "Also Read Coronavirus LIVE Update: Indias Cases Rise To 107", For information: https://t.co/rbDpMTcs6s pic.twitter.com/jWzDZX0GJK, Also read 5 Things To Know About Coronavirus Symptoms, Important Numbers And Vaccines, "BOOM contacted the Juventus footballers hotel chain in Portugal over email and they were quick to deny the claim.", When BOOM asked the Pestana CR7 Lisboa hotel about the facility being turned into a hospital for COVID-19 patients, the hotel\s front office told us "we don\t have any information about that, the hotel will continue to work as usual"., "BOOM also found a fact-check by Portugal-based digital media group Observador which denied the claims. A source close to the Pestana Group - partnership company in the Pestana CR7 hotels - has reportedly told Observador that the claim was a lie.", The digital media outlet quoted another source close to the footballer who has denied the viral claims. The Observador article also mentions that the Spanish sports daily MARCA, which reiterated the viral claim in its March 15 report, did not cite any source for the claim., , BOOM’s WhatsApp Helpline, Need Help To Verify An Image Or A Video? Send It To Us On +91 77009 06588, Boom is now available on Telegram, Click here to read our latest fact check stories and other updates.
No, Cristiano Ronaldo's Hotels Will Not Be Turned Into Hospitals For Coronavirus Patients