Covid: ROB officials spread awareness through social media

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Jalandhar, April 8

Officials of the Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have started making use of social media platforms to aware masses about coronavirus while working from home.

The officials have been posting messages on dos and don’ts and government guidelines on how to contain the pandemic in various groups among their contacts and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with a request to post them further for awareness of all.

“It’s our duty to serve society in this hour by making residents aware of what precautions to be taken to stay away from catching the virus. We are posting video, images and written messages of the Central Government as well as the state government on several social media platforms which are reaching thousands of people across the region with the help of family and friends,” said Rajesh Bali, Field Publicity Officer posted at Jalandhar.

He said many NCC cadets and NSS volunteers in the state and former cadets across the country were in his touch through their officers concerned who were doing a good job in spreading awareness.

Besides, the ROB was also posting video messages of famous personalities in the fields of sports, Punjabi singing, environment on its twitter handle @ROBChandigarh as well as Facebook page Regional Outreach Bureau Chandigarh in which these personalities are making people aware about the virus in their own style.

He said the team of officers of the bureau in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh under the guidelines of Additioanl Director General Devpreet Singh and Director Ashish Goel had been continuously sharing messages through various social media platforms. The bureau was also making people aware of some fake messages circulating in social media and informing them as well that how to check the authenticity of such messages.

He said the Press Information Bureau had started a ‘fact check service’ for the public through which people could check the legitimacy of the Central Government-related fake news by emailing their concerns at pibfactcheck@gmail.com as well as by following Twitter handle @PIBFactCheck or by sending doubtful messages to 87997-11259 (WhatsApp number).