Coronavirus has been spreading individuals all around the world. Almost every day, new cases of COVID-19 are being identified ever since its outbreak last year in Wuhan, China, the death toll in China now stands at 2,953.
As the Coronavirus scare spread across the country, a message was seen circulating on WhatsApp claiming employees to get two weeks paid leave, starting from March 5, 2020.
The WhatsApp forward reads, “All employees in India to be paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus starting from March 5, 2020. Offices will resume after 2 weeks of the mandatory closure.”
The link which was shared to read the article
It turns out it is a hoax and the WhatsApp forward about the COVID-19 is fake. The message is a hoax as it tries to mock the users. After you click to the link, an image of a gorilla appears, raising its middle finger.
This came after a student’s parent who was tested positive with Novel Coronavirus, two schools in Noida, has been closed down until the authorities sanitise the space. After it made to the headline, panic gripped across the nation about the COVID-19 scare.
As per the latest reports, two schools in Noida are reportedly shut amid the coronavirus scare. Offices or any workplace, including educational institutes, are going to continue as it is.
Final Verdict:
The claim hereby stands fake, as no such message has been circulated and it was a hoax WhatsApp forward.
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