Coronavirus: Michael Gove condemns conspiracy theories about 5G and Covid-19 as 'dangerous nonsense' after masts damaged

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Mr Gove said there was ‘no fixed point’ in the calendar the government can say when lockdown measures will change ( Pippa Fowles/Downing Street )

'I'm absolutely outraged, absolutely disgusted, that people would be taking action against the very infrastructure that we need to respond to this health emergency,' says NHS official

Michael Gove has branded conspiracy theories on social media blaming new 5G masts for the spread of coronavirus as “dangerous nonsense” while the national medical director of the NHS said it was the “worst kind of fake news”.

The strong criticism from officials comes after celebrities were accused of “fanning the flames” of the baseless stories linking the technology to the outbreak of Covid-19. Videos purportedly showing telephone masts on fire have also circulated online.

Condemning the theories on Saturday at a No 10 press conference, Mr Gove, the minister for the cabinet office, said: “That’s just nonsense. Dangerous nonsense as well.”

Appearing alongside the cabinet minister, the national medical director of NHS England Professor Stephen Powis also said: “I’m absolutely outraged, absolutely disgusted, that people would be taking action against the very infrastructure that we need to respond to this health emergency.”

Expressing his frustration, Professor Powis went on: “The reality is that the mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us, particularly in a time when we are asking people to stay at home and to not see relatives and friends.

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