'PM Lee to announce lockdown' is fake news: Govt

Have your social media feeds been buzzing today?


No, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is not going to announce that Singaporeans will not be allowed to travel outside of the region they live in.

The rumours that the PM would announce a partial lockdown today are false, the government said on Friday (April 17) afternoon.

"The stuff going around is pure nonsense. These actions are deliberate and it's dangerous to play these tricks during these times," Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin wrote in a Facebook post.

This is not the first time that such rumours have been spread — a similar rumour of Lee addressing the nation at 8pm on April 3 was proven to be false. He made an announcement about Singapore's Covid-19 situation at 4pm that day.

The government is urging everyone to stop circulating unverified information and to refer to government sources or the Prime Minister's official social media accounts only.

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