Covid: India tells social media firms to remove 'India variant' from content

Sunday, 23 May 2021Newsdesk

Indian government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the "Indian variant" of Covid-19.

New Delhi, 23 May 2021

As per news report of BBC, the IT ministry said the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the variant as B.1.617 and any reference to "Indian" was false.Geographical terms have been used to describe a number of other variants, including the UK and Brazil.India's government has faced criticism over its handling of Covid-19.It also drew anger last month after it ordered Twitter to remove posts critical of some of its actions during the pandemic.

Source -BBC