Is 5G Spreading COVID-19? UN ICT Agency Debunks This Bizarre Theory

New Delhi: The latest high-speed broadband technology 5G is not responsible for the spread of the COVID-19 and any theory of a link between it and the coronavirus is “a hoax that has no technical basis”, UN agency for information and communications technology has said. Also Read - Covid-19: People of Indian Origin Emerge As the Worst-Affected Ethnic Group in UK

A spokesperson for International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Monika Gehner told the UN News on Wednesday that the theory of a link between 5G and COVID-19 is “a hoax that has no technical basis”.

“The coronavirus is not being spread by radio waves. It’s a real shame, during this time when there are real concerns about the health and well-being of the general public, and the economic toll that the fight against this pandemic is taking, that any time or energy has to be put into fighting this and other false rumours,” she said.