News24 | SA is not facing a deadly Covid XBB wave or egg-related Salmonella outbreak, despite posts

​South Africans are once again the target of misleading health hoaxes, with two unrelated but widely shared false claims circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp. One warns of a “deadly” new Covid-19 variant, called Omicron XBB, while the other suggests a Salmonella outbreak linked to local eggs. Both are false, and neither poses a current threat to the public in South Africa, according to authorities.