‘No Coronavirus in goat meat’

MULTAN: The Livestock Department has rejected the fake information regarding presence of Coronavirus in goat meat.

Talking to The News on Friday, Multan region Livestock Deputy Director Dr Mujibur Rehman said that the information viral on social media was completely fake and absolutely incorrect. There were no signs of Coronavirus found in goat meat, mutton, beef or chicken, he clarified. The citizens could eat mutton, he told.

He said that a post viral on social media inscribing the Punjab Food Authority had issued warning of eating mutton for 60 days due to Coronavirus outbreak in livestock. Dr Mujibur Rehman said that Punjab Food Authority Director General Irfan Memon had completely denied issuing such fake information. The Punjab Food Authority did not issue such fake alert, he said.