The administration of the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester says there is no truth to reports of multiple bodies at the hospital.

In a statement today (August 30) the Southern Regional Health Authority says messages circulating on messaging and social media platforms are false.

According to the messages, patients have to be stepping over the dead on the floor and that bodies are being relocated to a nearby church.

Regional Director of the Southern Regional Health Authority Michael Bent has described this as mischievous.

The management team of the hospital is urging citizens to be responsible and truthful when circulating messages and not to cause fear or panic among citizens.

Mr. Bent says the church hall is being retrofitted to accommodate outpatient clinics

The hospital notes that while its staff members are pressured in managing the surge in Covid-19 cases, it is urging Jamaicans to be responsible in adhering to the protocols of mask wearing, hand washing, social distancing and also to get vaccinated.