Man Congratulated By 100s For Testing Negative Turns Out Positive For Virus
BENNIN, LEBANON – A man was congratulated by hundreds after seemingly testing negative for COVID-19, however, the news was fake.
In a massive twist of events, the northern village of Bebnine in Lebanon called for isolation after an unfortunate incident. According to an article from Kataeb, a man returned to his town with symptoms of COVID-19.
He went into clinics in the town before contacting Red Cross. Afterward, he transferred to Beirut. However, fake news leaked that he tested negative for the virus.
As such, hundreds of people from his village went into his home to congratulate him and his family. Afterward, the real results came later showing that the man was positive.
In turn, many were infected after the house visit. Following this, a state of panic ensued in the town as fears of larger infections grew. As such, many called for the isolation of the town of Bebnine.
As per the article, the town of Bennin is home to approximately 40,000 people. Subsequently, a meeting was scheduled to create a plan to confront the crisis.
Moreover, the meeting will be in cooperation with the governor, the municipality, and the security services. As such, they would discuss quarantine measures to curve the spread of the virus.
In some situations, rumors are harmless. But, in a pandemic, rumors and misinformation do so much more harm.
Currently, COVID-19 has infected more than 275,570 individuals worldwide. Additionally, the virus caused 11,388 fatalities. However, 91,533 have already recovered.
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