A new Public Health Wales guide has been devised to help communicators and people working with social media to know how to deal with misinformation about the virus.

Organisations focussed on preventing transmission and mitigating harms of Coronavirus in Wales recognise the potential of false information to influence public behaviour and undermine the impact of their efforts. There have been increasing calls for guidance to help more effectively tackle false information particularly online.

Developed by National Health Protection Response Cell at Public Health Wales, ‘Guidance for Countering False Information about Coronavirus or the Behaviours which Prevent its Transmission’ sets out, easy to use, effective actions that can be taken by public sector communications teams to minimise the impact of false information about Coronavirus.