Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has declared holidays for the states of Maharastra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim over coronavirus outbreak.

A clarification tweet posted by the Ministry of Health confirms that Office memorandum doing rounds on social media is fake.

A Memo claiming mandatory holidays in the states of Maharashtra, Sikkim, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh due to the COVID-19 outbreak had gone viral in social media.

The above mentioned O.M is not true and it has not been issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.