Singapore scores own goal with cartoon coronavirus superheroes

PR campaign, criticized as tone deaf, angers Liverpool soccer fans to boot

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The Virus Vanguard, Singapore's team of coronavirus fighters, landed with a thud. © Government of Singapore

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- The Singaporean government has backpedaled away from a coronavirus PR campaign that was supposed to lighten the mood but instead came across as insensitive -- and alienated Liverpool soccer fans.

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