{"id":24933,"date":"2020-04-01T13:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=24933"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:29:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:29:51","slug":"dubai-squashed-rumours-media-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/coronavirus\/dubai-squashed-rumours-media-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Squashes Rumours About A COVID-19 Victim Splayed On The Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dubai Squashes Rumours About A COVID-19 Splayed On The Street<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reports of a body splayed on a street coupled with the information that it was a COVID-19 victim have been debunked by Dubai Authorities.<\/p>\n<p>After a photo was widely shared of a man collapsed on a Dubai street, along with commentary suggesting the person was a victim of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>This information is false.<\/p>\n<h2>Dubai Media Office quickly took to Twitter to announce the information is inaccurate<\/h2>\n<p>The person had, in fact, suffered an\u00a0epileptic seizure.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>Stop sharing fake news<\/h2>\n<p>This is the second time in two days Dubai Media Office has used social media to debunk rumours which are being widely shared on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that simply sharing a message that concerns a rumour could be punishable by law, if you hit that forward button, you&#8217;re breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/best-of\/recording-calls-and-social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ:\u00a0The UAE Will NOT Start Recording Calls And Monitoring Social Media From Tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rumour: Coronavirus victim<br \/>Truth: Man suffers epileptic seizure <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eZfffYrC6e\">pic.twitter.com\/eZfffYrC6e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXBMediaOffice\/status\/1245274349109678081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Shout out Dubai for being real ones and righting the wrongs nearly as fast as they spread<\/h2>\n<p><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/ALQnCUBuggPxS\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/mvp-ALQnCUBuggPxS\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>LISTEN: COVID-19: Emirates Will Be Supported By A Cash Injection From Dubai<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-lovin-daily-live%2Fid1484254079%3Fign-mpt%3Duo%253D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"slack-kit-tooltip\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.google.com%2F%3Ffeed%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOTVjNmQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"slack-kit-tooltip\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/casey833\/embed\/episodes\/COVID-19-Emirates-Will-Be-Supported-By-An-Equity-Injection-From-Dubai-ec7sn7\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai Squashes Rumours About A COVID-19 Splayed On The Street Reports of a body splayed on a street coupled with the information that it was a COVID-19 victim have been debunked by Dubai Authorities. 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