People warned against sharing info about coronavirus victims, patients on social media in K'taka

Mangaluru, Apr 20 () Dakshina Kannada police havewarned of stringent legal action against people who sharephotos of the cornavirus victims in the district and otherpatients on social websites.

District Superintendent of Police B M Laxmi Prasad ina release, warned the people that strict legal action will betaken against those who flout rules.

Police have noted that the photo of the woman COVID-19victim is being shared on social media.

Providing any information about coronavirus-infectedpatients or victims publicly is a punishable offence, he said.

The police are putting together information about thepeople who shared the photo and other information about theCOVID-19 in the district and have initiated legal action.

A 50-year old woman from Bantwal had died of Covid-19at the Wenlock hospital here on Sunday.

She is the first coronavirus victim in thedistrict. MVG SS