Singapore confirms two imported Covid-19 cases as Omicron
The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday confirmed two imported Covid-19 cases were of the Omicron variant.
In its daily update on Covid-19 last night, MOH said the confirmation followed the completion of whole-genome sequencing for the cases by the republic’s National Public Health Laboratory.
“Both are fully vaccinated and...
The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday confirmed two imported Covid-19 cases were of the Omicron variant.
In its daily update on Covid-19 last night, MOH said the confirmation followed the completion of whole-genome sequencing for the cases by the republic’s National Public Health Laboratory.
“Both are fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms of cough and scratchy throat. They were isolated upon arrival in Singapore on Dec 1, and had not interacted in the community,” it said.
MOH had on Dec 2 announced that it had detected two imported Covid-19 cases, labelled as Cases 271487 and 271598, who had tested preliminarily positive for the latest variant.
The two cases arrived from Johannesburg onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ479 on Dec 1.
MOH also announced on Sunday (Dec 5) that one more imported Covid-19 case had tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant.
The case was on the same flight as the first two cases.
As of Dec 5, the total number of individuals who have completed their full regimen or received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines constitutes 96 percent of the eligible population in Singapore.
As a percentage of the total population, 87 percent have received at least one dose and 28 percent have received their booster shots as well.
As of Monday, Dec 6, Singapore reported a total Covid-19 caseload of 269,873 with 763 mortalities.
- Bernama
