{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_id44x72xkbnkkmuirhxa","title":"FCT clarifies false diphtheria report, urges residents to ignore misinformation","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/fct-clarifies-false-diphtheria-report-urges-residents-to-ignore-id44x72xkb","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_id44x72xkbnkkmuirhxa","seq":875752,"kind":"article","title":"FCT clarifies false diphtheria report, urges residents to ignore misinformation","url":"https://tribuneonlineng.com/fct-clarifies-false-diphtheria-report-urges-residents-to-ignore-misinformation","summary":"The FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES) has clarified that a viral social media claim linking an alleged diphtheria case in the FCT to sliced watermelon could not be substantiated following a field verification visit. The claim was contained in a social media post by Ivan Eagle Lawson, which included a photograph purportedly showing […] The post FCT clarifies false diphtheria report, urges residents to ignore misinformation appeared first on Tribune Online…","published":"2026-09-30T09:50:53Z","seen":"2026-09-30T10:07:16Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-tribuneonlineng-com-0494fe","name":"tribuneonlineng.com","domain":"tribuneonlineng.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7033024","name":"Nigerian Tribune","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-tribuneonlineng-com-0494fe","topics":["health","diphtheria","fct"],"authors":["Kazeem Biriowo"],"entities":[{"id":"Q5509000","name":"Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia","type":"org"}],"image":"https://tribuneonlineng.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FCTA-1.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_id44x72xkbnkkmuirhxa","category":"politics","category_p":0.3700000047683716,"category2":"health","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3499999940395355,"political":0.4000000059604645}]}