Coronavirus: National Health Laboratory Service employee to face disciplinary action for fake voicenote
9 March 2020
A National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) employee is in hot water for allegedly spreading false information that there are cases of the coronavirus at the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu condemned the act, which allowed fake information to be disseminated in the form of a voicenote.
The MEC said the recording, which featured the voice of a woman, was widely shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
It contained false information on the supposed number of patients with the virus at the hospital. Hospital management vehemently denied the information contained in the voicenote.