Several videos claiming Covid-19 does not kill or does not exist, or some conspiracy theory about what the authorities are supposedly not telling the public have been shared widely on social media platforms.
The 36-year-old was apprehended in Hammanskraal, Pretoria after posting a recording of himself making a mockery of efforts to prevent the spread of the virus with more than 100 others at a street party.The man, who had identified himself as Stephen Birch from Cape Town, claimed the testing kits were contaminated. His arrest came after a weekend where a string of videos bizarrely claimed that people were not dying of Covid-19 but were being killed by radiation from the 5G network.
Our government has done very well in communicating about the pandemic. From when the first case was confirmed there has been transparency and since then we have been getting daily updates on the coronavirus.
And this is not funny anymore, our people need to wise up and listen to authentic sources of info.
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