According to the Government Of India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Head Rakesh Maheswari
Covid19 Variant B.I.167 From INDIA Doesnt Even Exist and is Made with Fancy letterings and numbers to go with it
What you are seeing on your TV screen and reading in a newspaper about an alleged ‘Indian Covid variant’ is nothing more than a propaganda ploy and lies which are being used to maintain the level of fear that they have managed to invoke in the majority of people in the United Kingdom since March 2020. You are being deceived, and we can prove it thanks to India’s Government.
How do we know this? Because India’s government have now gone one step further and sent a cease and desist to all social media companies demanding they immediately remove all content that names, refers to, or implies ‘Indian Variant’ of coronavirus from their platforms immediately.
The full statement reads as follows –
To All Social media platforms:
This invites reference to the advisory dated 20.03.2020 and 07.05.2021 issued by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India regarding curbing of false news / misinformation concerning corona virus on social media platforms.
2.It has come to our knowledge that a statement is being circulated online which implies that an ‘Indian variant’of corona virus is spreading across the countries. 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.
3. This has already been clarified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 12th May., 2021 through a press release available at https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1717876
4. Therefore, you are requested to remove all the content that names, refers to, or implies ‘Indian variant’of corona virus from your platform immediately.
official link:to the Government of India Government Website:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1717876
The Official Written Statement And PDF Link to Government of India Head Of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Covid19 Variant B.I.167 From INDIA Doesnt Even Exist and is Made with Fancy letterings and numbers to go with it
What you are seeing on your TV screen and reading in a newspaper about an alleged ‘Indian Covid variant’ is nothing more than a propaganda ploy and lies which are being used to maintain the level of fear that they have managed to invoke in the majority of people in the United Kingdom since March 2020. You are being deceived, and we can prove it thanks to India’s Government.
How do we know this? Because India’s government have now gone one step further and sent a cease and desist to all social media companies demanding they immediately remove all content that names, refers to, or implies ‘Indian Variant’ of coronavirus from their platforms immediately.
The full statement reads as follows –
To All Social media platforms:
This invites reference to the advisory dated 20.03.2020 and 07.05.2021 issued by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India regarding curbing of false news / misinformation concerning corona virus on social media platforms.
2.It has come to our knowledge that a statement is being circulated online which implies that an ‘Indian variant’of corona virus is spreading across the countries. 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.
3. This has already been clarified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 12th May., 2021 through a press release available at https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1717876
4. Therefore, you are requested to remove all the content that names, refers to, or implies ‘Indian variant’of corona virus from your platform immediately.
official link:to the Government of India Government Website:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1717876
The Official Written Statement And PDF Link to Government of India Head Of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
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