Police Department stringent warning to WhatsApp Rumour Mongers!
Posted on: 04/Mar/2020 12:40:35 PM
Madurai District Police Department has stringently warned that those who spread false rumours about corona-virus would be arrested!
Striking China at first, coronavirus has now spread to more than 60 countries!
Loss of lives due to this disease has increased to 3053.
It is informed that on a single day, yesterday alone (Tuesday, 3rd March), 74 patients have died. In China alone, 42 lives were lost! It may be noted that there was a reduction in death occurred in the last 1 week, but of late, the outbreak has increased and there have been more lives lost leading to a panic among the countries!
In this situation, there was a rumour spread through WhatsApp that an individual from Melur was affected by coronavirus and that the disease spreads mainly through chicken-meat!
The shocked public stopped buying chicken-meat leading to a drastic price reduction for this item!
In this regard, the stringent warning was issued by the Police Department that people spreading false rumours will be arrested.
Further, it was learnt that awareness about coronavirus was being created through various video-clips on the social media network. However, it is gathered that this only has led to the people to be more confused!
