"Singapore passes law to mandate vaccines and jail the unvaccinated -- days after Bill Gates' high-level visit," reads a May 12 post by an Australia-based Facebook page with more than 9,000 followers.
The post links to an article with the same headline on "The People's Voice", a dubious website which AFP has repeatedly fact-checked for amplifying Covid-19 misinformation.
The site has also previously claimed Gates and the World Health Organization (WHO) were "forcing vaccination", which AFP has debunked here.
"Just as Bill Gates and the WHO's Tedros Ghebreyesus wrapped up high-profile visits with the nation's top leaders, sweeping changes were quietly pushed through the country's legal system—changes that now make it a crime to refuse mandatory government vaccines," reads the article, calling the timing "impossible to ignore".
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, captured on May 29, 2025
Other posts claiming Singapore would mandate vaccines also appeared on X, Facebook and TikTok.
But Singapore's Ministry of Health told AFP the claims are false.
"Singapore has not passed any laws on vaccinations after Mr Gates’ recent visit to Singapore," the ministry said in an emailed statement on June 3.
The billionaire was in Singapore on May 5 to announce his philanthropic Gates Foundation would be opening an office in the country (archived link).
The Straits Times and Forbes also reported the announcement (archived here and here).
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