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World Service,04 Apr 2020,9 mins

The spread of Coronavirus misinformation on social media

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How difficult is to trace the origins of social media posts containing Coronavirus misinformation? We talk to the BBC Trending team about how one particular post went viral. Plus: Listeners tell us what they think about coverage of the pandemic on the BBC World Service. Presenter: Rajan Datar. Producer: Simon Jarvis.

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