A WhatsApp voice message has been doing the rounds over the past couple of days containing incorrect, alarming details which have now been been classed “alarmist” in relation to the coronavirus.
The message, shared on WhatsApp, by a woman claiming to work for South East Coast Ambulance Service is falsely stating that ambulances will not be sent to people struggling to breathe and those suffering from potential Covid-19 symptoms will be left “dying at home”.
We are aware of a voice message being shared currently on social media regarding the ambulance response to coronavirus. The alarmist information being shared in the message is not correct. We would urge people to disregard the message and not share it further.
— SECAmb (@SECAmbulance) April 8, 2020
The South East Coast Ambulance Service have taken to Twitter to advise people that the contents of the message were “not correct”.
They need to find who made this recording and prosecute them!!!!!!! 😡😡😡
— Susan Hendrickson (@SusanH2015) April 8, 2020
The ambulance trust are urging people to “disregard the message and not share it further”.
Janine Sheldon, who was one of those to receive the message, believes the person in question should be prosecuted after she ended up in tears “I got sent this and am a nervous wreck. I have 2 children and my husband has stage 4 cancer. I have medical conditions too and have been in tears.”
Is there any way possible the perpetrator can be found and dealt with as this would have caused a lot of anxiety and must be treated with action.
— spurstillidie (@spurstillidie2) April 8, 2020
If you receive this voice message please delete it and do not forward it on to others.
