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Fola Akinmolayan talks 5G Tech and the coronavirus controversy

By Guardian Exclusive
08 April 2020   |   2:39 pm
The paranoia about 5G — the industry term for the fifth generation of wireless communications infrastructure — has risen for the last few years, but as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest wild theory is that the technology that runs mobile phones could secretly be causing the outbreak.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Digital Passion’s Fola Akinmolayan, in this interview with GuardianTV’s Abisola Olasupo, debunks these theories around a technology that has so far rolled out in about 40 countries, most notably South Korea and China, as well as in dozens of US cities.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

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