The Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, says the rising spate of fake news and misinformation is distracting the fight against Corona virus.

MOHAMMED said that the government is particularly worried about unverified local therapies circulating in the social media as a cure to COVID-19 when in actual fact; no known cure had been developed for the disease.

The minister regretted that many Nigerians are living in denial, while many more do not even believe that the disease is real.

He added that if Nigerians do not change their ways, the country might witness an upsurge in infection of the deadly disease.