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All around the world, governments are asking people to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Singapore's government is trying something unusual.

It has shared a funny music video which gives information about the vaccine.

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The star of the video is Phua Chu Kang.

Phua is a character from a Singapore TV show.

He raps the song in the language Singlish.

Singlish is a mix of English and other languages.

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Phua is played by the actor Gurmit Singh.

In the video, Phua tells his worried wife to get the vaccine.

He explains that the vaccine isn't dangerous.

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The video is on the Singapore government website.

Medical information about the vaccine is also on the website.

This is not the first time that Phua has made a funny song.

He made another one at the beginning of the Covid pandemic.

But this new video has become popular all over the world.

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Singapore politician Tan Chuan-Jin wrote about Phua's song on Twitter.

He said the government will keep playing the video until everyone gets the vaccine.

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