A Singaporean comedian released an anti-covid rap
Malaysians are afraid of catching covid-19, judging by the sometimes half-hearted adherence to the national lockdown. But Muhammad Urabil Alias of Kemaman, a town in the state of Terengganu, thinks everyone is scared of a. Every night he dresses as one and haunts the streets, to deter his neighbours from breaking the curfew. Villagers in Indonesia have hit on a similar tactic, patrolling the streets while dressed as.
Most Asian governments are more humane. Vietnam’s pioneered the idea of helping people absorb the flood of public-health advisories by making them fun. During the epidemic’s first flush, in February, it commissioned a catchy pop song about hand-washing and social distancing. It later asked a choreographer to come up with a dance to accompany the by-then viral tune. People around the world continue to upload footage of themselves performing the routine on TikTok, a video-sharing platform.
Gurmit Singh, a Singaporean comedian, has released an anti-covid rap. He also sang “Sar-Vivor”, which the government commissioned in 2003, during an outbreak of, to urge Singaporeans to “be safe, not sar-ry”. Now he tells them “wash yo hands” before, among other things, picking their noses. Cheery traffic police in Hyderabad, the sixth-biggest city in India, have donned coronavirus-shaped helmets to remind people of the perils of leaving home . On government orders, many Indian mobile networks are playing a 30-second public-service announcement before connecting calls. It begins with a cough.
A resort to patriotism is yet another tactic. Streets in Vietnam have been plastered with posters proclaiming, “To stay at home is to love your country”. Le Duc Hiep, their designer, says he mimicked old-fashioned propaganda posters to “invoke patriotic emotions”. Vietnam’s claim to have brought its outbreak under control without a single death is presumably another spur to national pride.
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