In the Facebook video, a man calls on South Africans to refuse Covid-19 testing.
The man who posted a fake video relating to Covid-19, claiming testing kits are possibly contaminated, has been arrested.
In the Facebook video, which has been widely distributed on social media, a man – whose name is known to News24 – calls on South Africans to refuse Covid-19 testing. The man then claims that, globally, the swabs are used to “spread the virus”, without providing any evidence to support his claim.
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