Statement from the Presidency on 'monkeypox'
The Presidency's Directorate of Communications Center for Combating Disinformation (DMM) announced that images shared on some social media accounts, allegedly showing a person infected with the 'monkeypox virus,' actually belong to a person injured during protests in Iran in 2022.
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The Directorate of Communications Center for Combating Disinformation announced that images circulating on social media accounts, which were claimed to belong to a person infected with the 'monkeypox virus,' contain manipulation.
??Bazı sosyal medya hesaplarında, 'maymun çiçeği virüsü' bulaşan kişiye ait olduğu iddiasıyla paylaşılan görüntüler, manipülasyon içermektedir.
— Dezenformasyonla Mücadele Merkezi (@dmmiletisim) August 16, 2024
Bahse konu fotoğraf, 2022 yılında İran'daki protestolar sırasında av tüfeğinden çıkan saçmalarla vurulan bir adamı göstermektedir.… pic.twitter.com/29CNocDpnT
In the statement, which noted that the photograph in question belongs to a person hit by shotgun pellets during protests in Iran in 2022, it was stated, "The photograph has no connection to monkeypox disease. Do not give credence to baseless claims."