KOTA KINABALU: A viral message that military helicopters will spray the country with disinfectant to kill the Covid-19 virus has been debunked.

Bernama Radio on Twitter quoted the armed forces chief as saying there is no such exercise and the public should not spread unverified messages.

Meanwhile, the Home Ministry said police had opened 40 investigation papers related to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Charges have been made in 11 of the cases while 26 cases are currently under investigation.

Three cases were declared as “no-further-action”, said the ministry on Twitter