The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media.
These fake posts further advise people to wear face masks because of an allegedly “deadly and not easy-to-detect variant”.
“This is a misleading message which first resurfaced during the peak of the pandemic without a traceable…
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