SINGAPORE — Singapore used a misinformation law Thursday to order Facebook and Twitter to warn users about what it said were false claims about a dangerous coronavirus strain emerging in the city.
New Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed this week on social media that a strain of the virus had appeared in Singapore that could trigger a new wave of cases in India, and urged a flight ban.
But the city-state strongly rejected what it said were “unfounded assertions” — insisting there was no such thing as a “Singapore variant”. India’s own government also strongly criticized Kejriwal.
Singapore said a strain recently detected there, and responsible for an uptick in case…
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