False: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has declared holidays for the states of Maharastra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim over coronavirus outbreak.

A clarification tweet posted by the Ministry of Health confirms that Office memorandum doing rounds on social media is fake.A Memo claiming mandatory holidays in the states of Maharashtra, Sikkim, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh due to the COVID-19 outbreak had gone viral in social media. The above mentioned O.M is not true and it has not been issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.