COVID -19 and 5G

Telecommunications Industry Ireland urges people to ignore misinformation linking COVID-19 to 5G mobile networks. This type of misinformation can indirectly encourage criminal damage to masts which risks disrupting telecommunications essential to hospitals and the emergency services as well as for contacting family, for home working, home schooling and home entertainment. The attached flyer outlines what the World Health Organisation, EU Commission, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)and a number of other relevant agencies say regarding 5G and COVID-19.