Covid-199 XBB variant: Singapore issues correction orders over false claims


MOH said there has been no evidence of the XBB strain causing more severe illness than previous variants. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): HardwareZone Forum, Thailand Medical News website and opposition politician Goh Meng Seng have been ordered under the fake news law to put up corrections over false and misleading statements about the Covid-19 XBB subvariant.

The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office issued a correction direction to the Facebook page Goh Meng Seng People's Power Party as well, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (Oct 14).

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