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		</div><p>Singapore’s government has withdrawn a short-lived public awareness campaign on coronavirus measures depicting five comic superheroes after online criticism that it was too frivolous – and caused offence to Liverpool FC fans.</p>
<p>Supporters of the Anfield club were angered by the depiction of the <em>“Mawa Man”</em> character – a social distancing enforcer described as a Manchester United supporter who despises everything to do with their fierce rivals.</p>
<p>The character wears an anti-Liverpool costume and his name stands for <em>“Must Always Walk Alone”</em> – a play on Liverpool’s motto <em>“You’ll Never Walk Alone”.</em></p>
<p>The Mawa Man is part of the Virus Vanguards, unveiled by the government on Monday as a teaser for a comic series to help people adhere to the city-state’s lockdown measures.</p>
<p>The team includes the Circuit Breaker, Fake News Buster, Dr Disinfector and Care-leh Dee, who each have special powers to help people stay at home, keep things clean and not spread rumours.</p>
<p>By Monday night, the government in Singapore had issued an apology if the campaign was offensive.</p>
<p>In a Facebook post accompanied by blacked-out silhouettes of the superheroes, it said it had received <em>“quite a lot of feedback”</em> on the characters and is now reviewing the campaign.</p>
<p>Singapore has recorded 8,014 coronavirus infections, the highest total in south-east Asia, after an outbreak of cases in the past week among foreign workers. It has reported 11 deaths.</p>
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