Sunday, February 16, 2025
HomeUncategorizedNo Chinese doctor has tested positive for Coronavirus - Lai Mohammed

No Chinese doctor has tested positive for Coronavirus – Lai Mohammed

 

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has debunked
claims of one of the Chinese doctors who arrived the country to help in
the fight against Coronavirus, testing positive for the virus.

The Minister dispelled the claim while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing today, April 15.

Lai Mohammed who urged Nigerians to discard reports which is not from
the daily briefings or the website of the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC), also debunked report of members of the National Assembly
sharing a N700 million fund.

He said;

“Whether members of the National Assembly are sharing N700 million,
like I said, just as we are trying to fight and contain Coronavirus, a
lot of energy is also being expended in fighting fake news.

“To the best of my knowledge, I’m not aware that any such money has
been given to members of the National Assembly, but I know that fake
news is not abating.

“This morning, there was a message that went viral, to the effect
that one of the Chinese doctors tested positive and that news was
supposed to have emanated from the Twitter handle of the federal
government. I want to say, to the best of our knowledge here, there’s no
such thing.

“I’ve also just received two hate dramas and other fake news while I
was sitting here, which I’ve been unable to open. But we will continue
always to debunk fake news and we’ll try our best to timely give you
information about the COVID-19, either through our daily press briefings
or through the website of the NCDC and the task force”

RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Most Popular