A screenshot of the Government’s WhatsApp channel that was used earlier this year during the first Covid-19 outbreak. Among the $36b allocated from the Covid Response and Recovery Fund was $672,000 for a Government’s WhatsApp channel. Supplied/Stuff News and updates were sent out via the WhatsApp channel from April – June 2020. The WhatsApp channel was formally stood down on June 7, ahead of the move to alert level 1 the following day. Supplied/Stuff Screenshot of the WhatsApp channel used during the first Covid-19 wave.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2020 16:52 UTC