Nigeria’s Center for Disease Control is the latest government agency to rebut false allegations that the test kits recently donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma came infected with COVID-19.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, labeled the rumor as “fake news” and part of a torrent of rumors that are now widely circulating online that undermines the country’s effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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