Fears of a deadly virus that can be transmitted by mobile phone have swept
the Afghani capital of Kabul, prompting the government to step in and reassure
the public.
Reports from inside the city suggest that mobile phone users are fearful that
a biological virus is spreading via mobile phone calls. Rumours claim that
several people have already died.
"Don't answer any strange number because it contains a virus that will kill
you," Ahmad Fawad, a shop owner in Kabul, told Reuters.
The rumours have prompted officials from the Afghan Interior, Communications
and Health ministries to go on television and appeal for calm, as well as trying
to educate people on the impossibility of such a story.
The stories appear to have come from Pakistan, where similar rumours began
spreading last week.
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