COVID-19: Maharashtra govt urges citizens not to send April Fool messages

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh urged citizens not to send April Fool messages on Wednesday in view of the Coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh urged citizens not to send April Fool messages on Wednesday in view of the Coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown @fpjindia@CMOMaharashtra@AnilDeshmukhNCP@MahaDGIPR@DGPMaharashtra@PIB_Indiapic.twitter.com/TF2jSn9PZx

— Sanjay Jog (@SanjayJog7) March 31, 2020

Amid this period, it is hard to determine the fake news from the real ones, given the number of WhatsApp forwards that have done the rounds across the world. Most of these forwards that claim that they have a cure for coronavirus have turned out to be fake, as scientists still struggle to find a vaccine to treat COVID-19, the name given for the novel coronavirus strain.