New Delhi: The central authorities has directed all social media corporations to delete any content from their platform that names or refers to the time period ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus, as per a report.
According to PTI, the IT Ministry has written to all social media platforms stating that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not related the time period ‘Indian Variant’ with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its studies.
Further, the ministry requested these platforms to take down any such content containing the time period ‘Indian variant’ so as to curb misinformation round COVID-19.
“This is completely FALSE. There is no such variant of Covid-19 scientifically cited as such by the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO has not associated the term ‘Indian Variant’ with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its reports,” Reuters quoted the IT Ministry’s letter as saying.
The Narendra Modi-led Centre has been criticized by the opposition for its dealing with of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged the nation.
Meanwhile, India recorded over 2.59 lakh new COVID-19 instances within the final 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 2,60,31,991. While 4,209 individuals misplaced their lives which took the dying toll to 2,91,331, as per Union Health ministry knowledge on Friday.
(With inputs from businesses)
