sb251 is not a virus but a rumor

Don't you think sb251 is swearing?

A message about "pregnant women with twins were infected with SB251 virus and died after being rescued" has been spread in WeChat friends circle all over the country since the end of 2115. The news has been rumored by many health and family planning departments and disease control departments, saying that there is no such virus and similar incidents. Recently, someone posted this post pretending to be "Foshan official".

According to reports, the post mainly tells about a woman or a pregnant woman who ate raw or cooked fish and was infected with a "SB251 virus". The latest version circulating on the Internet is, "Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong announced: Yesterday at 2: 21 am, a woman was infected with SB251 virus and died. The doctor who participated in the rescue has been isolated. It is reported that this woman was sent to the hospital after she bought Anhui fish in the market and went home to cook pickled fish. The CCTV 13 news has been broadcast, so don't eat fish and pickled vegetables, especially Anhui fish, pickled fish and boiled fish for the time being. Because of Foshan, Send it to people you care about as soon as you receive it, and it is best to send it in groups. "

similar news appeared in Meizhou, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Shantou, Foshan and other places in Guangdong. Meizhou and Jiangmen have successively released rumors, saying that there were no similar pregnant women and no reports of pregnant women's death.

Combined with this information, Shunde Health Department quickly organized experts to check the authenticity of this information. After investigation and verification, the District Center for Disease Control and Prevention has not received any reports of related diseases, and all medical and health institutions in the district have not received similar cases, and there are no reports of death of similar cases. At the same time, there is no virus named SB251 in virology classification. In addition, it was not found that fish ponds were infected with SB251 virus and mandarin fish were infected with SB251 virus after verification by Shunde agricultural department.

Similar rumors have been refuted in many places all over the country, and the public security organs in Jiangmen City have also summoned the rumor-tellers. The police reminded the general public that it is not only a realistic problem that government departments and social organizations must face to resist online rumors and avoid being hurt by rumors, but also everyone's action consciousness. The Internet belongs to the public space, but it is not an illegal place. Spreading rumors or false information on the Internet, whether original or forwarded, needs to bear corresponding legal responsibilities.