Alert over false ‘you must isolate’ text being sent to people’s mobile phones

Hackers have discovered a new way to complicate everyone’s lives today, producing a ‘fraudulent message’ purporting to come from the Ministry of Health and informing people that they have tested positive for Covid infection. The message carries a link, which the ministry says no-one should click on. The message should be deleted – and there is no need for people receiving it to isolate…