Alarming Covid-19 case contracted directly from a McDonald's Big Mac meal in Manama (First Image) - Ahmed Al Doseri
Headlines & Subheadings Possibilities:
Headline: “Alarming Covid-19 case contracted directly from a McDonald's Big Mac meal in Manama”
Subheading 2: “McDonald’s customer is currently in critical condition after the incident”
Subheading 1: “All McDonald’s venues in Manama are subjected to closure.”
Photograph: In order to provide my title with a clearly related visual aid, I’ll be using the first image (Women eating a large burger).
Symbolizes the coronavirus-inflicted customer which contracted the virus directly from the burger itself.
The burger patty acts as the source of the virus contraction; All burger patties in the venue are affected by the virus.
Subheading 3: (Selected) An investigation conducted by the MOH declared the source of the contraction was stemmed from the infected meat used within the burger.
Newsworthiness: Such a story is newsworthy as it adheres to the 3 main factors of Negativity, Extraordinary and Relevance.
Negativity: The patient is in critical condition after the contraction of the virus.
Extraordinary: Covid-19 cases have never been stemmed from the direct consumption of infected food.
Relevance: Relevant to the on-going Coronavirus pandemic in Bahrain.
Quotations: Using quotes from the victim, MOH, and the
McDonald's BH representative.
Quote from victim: e.g. “I could have never possibly imagined contracting the virus from the direct consumption of a fast-food meal as all cases are…”
Quote from the MOH: e.g. “On November 19th, an investigation was conducted within a McDonald's venue in Manama, where a Covid-19 Case was transmitted directly through…”
Sources
Ministry of Health
The victim
Facts
Covid-19 Statistics: 85,591 Cases, 83,617 Recoveries, 338 Deaths
Date of the incident: November 19th
Context
Mentioning that the common form of Coronavirus transmission has never been through food.
A paragraph surrounding the current state of Covid-19 in Bahrain (specifically regarding the continuous consumption of food from fast-food restaurants)
0% Covid-19 contraction rate through food consumption
Quote from a McDonald's BH representitive: e.g. “We were not informed of the infected beef pattys present within the venue. Necessary actions will..."
McDonald's BH representitive