An employee of the National Health Laboratory Service is expected to be disciplined for spreading a voice note falsely claiming there were a number of patients with the Novel Coronavirus at a Durban hospital. DailyNewsSA coronavirus
Durban - An employee of the National Health Laboratory Service is expected to be disciplined for spreading a voice note falsely claiming there were a number of patients with the Novel Coronavirus at a Durban hospital.
“While the production and dissemination of fake news is a global problem, it is unbecoming of state employees to involve themselves in such malicious conduct. Simelane-Zulu and Mkhize, speaking on Sunday at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall, said they would meet Premier Sihle Zikalala and non-governmental organisations in the province on Wednesday. They would talk to traditional leaders to educate them about the virus this week, and embark on awareness campaigns through radio and local newspapers.
As he addressed the session, residents of Abaqulusi Local municipality in Zululand protested and blocked the R69 between iThala Nature Reserve and Pongola, believing the reserve would be used to house sick people being brought from China to South Africa. The protest was broken up after police intervention.
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