Maha govt orders action against 2 journos for 'false' coronavirus report

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has said action has been ordered against a reporter and an anchor of a TV news channel for allegedly running a "false" story that state minister Jitendra Awhad's daughter tested coronavirus positive at the time of return from Spain.

Deshmukh did not name the news channel concerned. In a series of tweets, Deshmukh said the code of conduct of not revealing the name of any coronavirus-infected patient was violated in the process.

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