Singapore seeks correction on Covid-19 child death Facebook post


Singapore’s Health Minister has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, or POFMA, Office to issue a general correction direction to Facebook. — Reuters

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has issued an order to Facebook Inc requiring correction to be made over what it says are falsehoods circulating online which suggested that a three-year-old child had died of Covid-19.

As of Aug 14, there has been no case of any child that has died from Covid-19 at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital or any other hospital in Singapore, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.

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