PIB, Guwahati busts fake news on social media over COVID-19

GUWAHATI: The PIB's Guwahati team has busted fake news on COVID circulated by a web portal and a new channel. A PIB release said that a tweet has been circulated in the social media on Monday by a web portal named 'Guwahati Plus' that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared Guwahati as a Red Zone. It further stated in the tweet that the State government has not issued an official statement yet. Likewise a local news channel, 'News Live' also broadcast the news that seven districts of Assam – including Kamrup Metro, Cachar and Bongaigaon – have been declared as 'Red Zones'. As a matter of fact, the MHA has not declared any district of the State as 'Red Zone'.

The PIB release added that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decides the list of 'Red Zone, Orange Zone and Green Zone' districts and share the information with State/UTs on a weekly basis or earlier as required. State/UTs on review may consider inclusion of additional districts as Red Zone and Orange Zone districts depending on the extent of spread of COVID-19 infection. Currently the list issued on April 30, 2020 by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has named only 3 districts namely Dhubri, Morigaon and Goalpara under Orange Zone and none under Red Zone, the release added.

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