There won’t be any medicine sprayed by Helicopters to kill COVID-19 .
A message requesting the receiver not to go out of the house between 10 PM to 5 AM ‘tonight’ as a medicine will be sprayed by helicopter to kill the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is viral for last few days but that night never came.
Following are few versions of the viral message on WhatsApp –
“Hello,
Kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow 5 am…. As BBMP will be spraying medicine in the air in order to kill the COVID-19!!
Share this information to all your friends, relatives and family members who are residing in Bangalore.
Thank you! From BBMP”
“Hello i kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow 5 am…. As their will be spraying medicine in the air in order to kill the COVID-19!!
Share this information to all your friends,relatives and your families…
Thank you!”
“Hello i kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow 5 am…. As there will be spraying medicine in the air in order to kill the COVID-19!!
Share this information to all your friends,relatives and your families…
Thank you!
This is for people in Delhi Entire city Helicopter spraying”
This message is getting viral on whatspp .. @MumbaiPolice “Hello i kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow 5 am…. As their will be spraying medicine in the air in order to kill the COVID-19! Share this information to all your friends..
— vandana kshirsagar (@17vandana) March 17, 2020
Truth
This is just a rumor. This has been making rounds on WhatsApp for almost a week claiming “tonight” but that night never came.
There had been no such new in media also yet. Neither was any such medicine found which can kill Corona by spraying.
Bangalore Municipal Corporation commissioner call it a Hoax
Dear Citizens, don’t fall prey to rumours on Whatsapp & other Social Media platforms. #BBMP has no plans to spray any medicine for #COVID19. The best medicine is to stay away from rumours!
Here is an accompanying advisory for accessing Parks & Gardens#Bengaluru #COVID2019india pic.twitter.com/xy30jh75wI
— B.H.Anil Kumar,IAS (@BBMPCOMM) March 18, 2020
Jammu Municipal Corporation (unverified) also tweeted
It is for information of general public that a fake message has been circulating in the social media by some
rumor mongers stating that"Message from Municipal Commissioner.
Hello i kindly request you not to come out of your house after 10 pm tonight till tomorrow 5 am…1/N— Jammu Municipal Corporation (@jmcjammu) March 19, 2020
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