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African governments are partnering with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms.<\/p>\n

The need arose as to a way to further curb the spread of the novel virus which is believed could propel the pandemic on the African continent with less-developed healthcare systems.<\/p>\n

A Reuters<\/a> report said South Africa, which has more infections than any other African country, with more than 1,300 confirmed cases, has launched an information service about the coronavirus on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>#COVID19: Spain\u2019s coronavirus death toll tops 10,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In Nigeria, health officials are partnering with the messaging service owned by Facebook to send push notifications to users with advice on symptoms and how to avoid infection.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is also getting free ad space on Facebook for outreach about the pandemic, a benefit available to public health authorities in 11 other African countries, and around the world.<\/p>\n

Twitter has been tweaking its algorithm to elevate medical information from authoritative sources – an initiative available in 70 countries, including five in Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has never been a more critical time than now for us to leverage on social media in sending out the right message,\u201d said Chikwe Ihekweazu, who heads the NCDC.<\/p>\n

But governments and tech firms face an uphill battle: as the virus spreads, unfounded rumours are proliferating across multiple platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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