Some panicked after mistaking the number of discharged Covid-19 cases for the death toll. Others read reports that their home countries would be banning travellers from Singapore and tried to quit their jobs.
With fake news spreading faster than the virus itself among foreign workers, the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) has been relying on its network of volunteers who are also workers themselves to disseminate accurate information on the ground.
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