Jakarta: The Communication and Informatics Ministry reported that from January to March 8 there were 177 novel coronavirus hoaxes in Indonesia.
Five cases of these 177 hoaxes are being handled by the police, Director General of Informatics Application at the Communication and Informatics Ministry Samuel Abrijani Pangerapan said here on Monday, March 9, 2020.
The ministry traced 35 COVID-19-related hoaxes from March 2 to March 8. The total number increased from 17 in the previous week. The spread of COVID-19-related hoaxes reached its peak from Jan 27 to Feb 2, 2020.
During that period, the ministry noted that there were 42 hoaxes following massive media reports of the novel coronavirus outbreak that first struck the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December 2019, the official said.
The ministry has been attempting to minimize the proliferation of coronavirus hoaxes by providing the public with accurate and credible information, he said.
The government has put in place precautionary measures since the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak that first struck the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December 2019. (Antara)
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