There have been rumours going around that Singapore authorities have denied entry to arriving travellers from Wuhan.

"Singapore's goddamn work... At least send them back in batches!"

"Wuhan people know how serious the virus outbreak is but are stil heading out. Singapore also knows that this is a critical period and still sending Wuhan and Hangzhou people back without informing other passengers. What did Hangzhou do wrong to take what you guys don't want to be responsible for?"

"Why did the Singapore airline company send the Wuhan passengers and other passengers back on the same flight. After discussing with some netizens, I feel that this society is so fake and doesn't allow people to speak the trut

A Mothership reader has also reached out to us alleging that these visitors, were redirected to Hangzhou.

Rumours have also been circulating that two of the flight passengers had been infected by the novel coronavirus.

Rumours untrue

However, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has come out to debunk that sentiment.

In a Facebook post, ICA clarified that the rumours were untrue and the alleged incident didn't take place at all.

ICA also reminded members of the public to not speculate or spread unfounded rumours.

Chinese media CCTV has also come out to debunk the news that had been circulating on Weibo as well.

People are also encouraged to visit the Ministry of Health's website for updates on the current novel coronavirus situation.

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Top image from Suhyeon Choi and ICA's Facebook page