Chinese Embassy in Kenya Takes to Twitter to Confront Online Rumors

The Chinese embassy in Nairobi is directly confronting an online rumor circulated by Twitter user Robert Alai to his 1.3 million followers that a Chinese worker infected with COVID-19 bribed an immigration officer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and is now hiding out at a campsite. 

Read the full allegation here and note that there is no credible sourcing attached to it and no other verifiable information.

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