{"id":61890,"date":"2020-03-26T22:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=61890"},"modified":"2020-03-27T02:29:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:59:50","slug":"images-of-earthquake-aftermath-in-croatia-shared-as-coronavirus-patients-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-earthquake-aftermath-in-croatia-shared-as-coronavirus-patients-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of aftermath of earthquake in Croatia shared as coronavirus patients in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in India for the next three weeks, not extending to essential supplies. This is in light of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Don’t believe in rumours and superstitions; don’t take any medicines without consulting doctors: PM<\/p>\n

\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On March 25, India TV<\/em> editor-in-chief and chairman Rajat Sharma tweeted images of hospital beds and patients in the open and claimed that Italy has run out of space in hospitals for COVID-19 patients. “Learn from Italy. No more spaces are available in hospitals. Please do not step out of your homes for next 21 days. #CoronavirusLockdown,” he wrote. The tweet had amassed 6,200 retweets before it was deleted. However, a cached<\/a> and an archived<\/a> version are accessible.<\/p>\n

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Alt News has received several requests on its official WhatsApp number to fact-check the images circulating with the same claim.<\/p>\n

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Several other users on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> also shared the images.<\/p>\n

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With a reverse image search on Google, Alt News found that the photographs are from Croatia, NOT Italy as claimed Rajat Sharma. Twitter user Angjelina<\/a> posted the same set of images on March 22 with a message informing about an earthquake of 5.4 magnitudes in Croatia’s capital Zagreb. At least three of the four images tweeted by Rajat Sharam as Italy were uploaded by Angjelina showing the devastation of a medical facility in Croatia due to tremors. Croatia and neighbouring countries were indeed rocked by a powerful earthquake<\/a> on March 22.<\/p>\n

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In the course of this article, we will try to trace each of the images to the earliest source possible and in some cases, independently verify them. The Croatian capital of Zagreb was worst hit by the earthquake in 140 years. The footage posted below shows evacuation on the day of the tremors<\/a> (i.e March 22) at the Zagreb’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It may be noted that the photos of mothers being evacuated from the hospital also appeared on March 22.<\/p>\n

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Evacuation of NICU from Department of Ob\/Gyn Petrova #Zagreb<\/a> #ZagrebEarthquake<\/a> #Croatia<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/L5cLtt32AM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marina Ivanisevic (@MarinaIvanisev3) March 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Image 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

This image shows mothers with newborn babies evacuated from a maternity ward in Zagreb. It was also published<\/a> by Australia’s ABC News<\/em> in an article reporting on the Croatian earthquake.<\/p>\n

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Petrova bolnica rodili\u0161te pic.twitter.com\/GALjpbCQHF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 kmario (@kmario) March 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To independently verify the location, we matched the structures seen in this image with those available on Google Earth view. The comparison (posted below) establishes that the photo was shot at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a>. In the comparison posted below, the buildings are enlisted as follow:<\/p>\n

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  1. A booth near the gate<\/li>\n
  2. An adjacent building painted white at front and grey over the top.<\/li>\n
  3. A brick-coloured building behind the second structure outside the compound of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Moreover, a video report by Croatian daily 24Sata<\/em><\/a>\u00a0also features the evacuation scenes at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology department.<\/p>\n