Centre directs social media platforms to ban use of 'Indian variant' to refer to B.1.617
- 3 years ago
The Government of India has issued an advisory to all social media platforms, asking them to purge all content referring to or implying the 'Indian variant of Covid-19'. The technical name 'B.1.617' of the Covid variant should be used instead.
The government cited World Health Organisation guidelines in its advisory.
The government cited World Health Organisation guidelines in its advisory.