This picture of coffins has no relation to Covid-19 deaths in Italy
A picture showing a hall full
of coffins has gone viral on social media with the claim that these are the coffins
of Covid-19 patients who died in a single day in Italy. What is the truth
behind it?
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| COFFIN PICTURE IN ITALY |
The picture is indeed from
Italy but it is seven years old and has nothing to do with the coronavirus
outbreak.
With over 4,800 deaths, Italy
has seen the highest number of casualties due to the coronavirus outbreak. And
now, a picture showing a hall full of coffins has gone viral on social media
with the claim that these are the coffins of Covid-19 patients who died in a single day in Italy.
The caption along with the
viral photo says, "Stop making a mockery of CORONAVIRUS. CORONAVIRUS is
real. See what happened in Italy. All these died in one day".
India Today Anti Fake News
War Room (AFWA) has found the claim along with the viral photo to be false. The
picture is indeed from Italy but it is seven years old and has nothing to do
with the coronavirus outbreak.
The picture along with the misleading claim has been shared by thousands on social media
(https://bit.ly/2vEUHzS).
Using Google reverse image
search, we found the viral photo on Getty Images, which said these are coffins
of African migrants killed in a shipwreck off Lampedusa island in Italy. The
photo was taken on October 5, 2013, at Lampedusa airport.
The incident was widely
reported in the media at that time. More than 350 migrants from Africa were on
their way to Italy when the mishap took place.
Coronavirus scourge in Italy
A report by "Al
Jazeera" says "Italy announced 793 more deaths on March 21, the second day in a row of the biggest day-to-day increase in the country's a four-week epidemic, after surpassing China's death toll on Thursday".
It was also reported that The Italian army was ferrying coffins from Bergamo, its worst-hit town, to remote
cremation sites because local morgues were not able to cope with the surging
death toll.
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