You are here: HomeNews2020 04 16Article 353641

General News of Thursday, 16 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

COVID-19: None of the Chinese doctors tested positive - Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has stated that debunked claims that one of the Chinese doctors who came to assist Nigeria fight COVID-19 tested positive for the virus.

The minister who spoke at a press briefing organized by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 described the claim as fake news.

Lai Mohammed also stated that the government will continue to ensure that fake news is debunked and that information on the virus are made available to people.

He said, “This morning, there was a message that went viral, to the effect that one of the Chinese doctors tested positive and that news was supposed to have emanated from the Twitter handle of the federal government.

“I want to say, to the best of our knowledge here, there’s no such thing.

“I’ve also just received two hate dramas and other fake news while I was sitting here, which I’ve been unable to open. But we will continue to debunk fake news and we’ll try our best to timely give you information about the COVID-19, either through our daily press briefings or through the website of the NCDC and the task force”.