‘Baseless, false’ claims: 5G trials not related to surge in COVID-19 cases in India, says dept of telecommunications

Claims linking the use of 5G technology with the spread of COVID-19 have been doing rounds, and so, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now issued a statement asserting that these two phenomena are not linked whatsoever. It also urged people to not be influenced by such false and baseless claims that circulate over social media platforms. The official statement also stated that these claims, which state that trials or networks using 5G mobile towers are the reason behind the second wave of COVID-19 in India, have no scientific basis.

The department also clarified that nowhere in India had the testing of 5G network begun yet, which rendered the claims linking the technology with the recent surge in cases “baseless”.