How did misinformation about the coronavirus spread on Whatsapp in Ireland?

The country is in the middle of an unprecedented crisis - schools are shut, people are working from home when they can, and the government has been reassuring people that it's doing all it can to stop the spread of Covid-19. But besides the very obvious unusual things about this situation, there has been something else people have had to contend with: the spread of misinformation. On this week's episode of The Explainer podcast, we look at the spread of misinformation, and at TheJournal.ie's work of debunking the claims.