03-12-2021, 11:37 AM
Both travellers were fully vaccinated, did not interact with wider community: MOH
Singapore yesterday became the latest country to detect the Omicron variant, after two travellers who arrived on Wednesday from Johannesburg preliminarily tested positive for the Covid-19 strain while in quarantine.
The cases here mean at least 25 countries have found people infected with the Omicron variant - a number expected to grow. India yesterday also reported its first two cases, both in the southern of Karnataka.
As countries tighten travel curbs and reintroduce mask mandates, the World Health Organisation said yesterday that vaccines will likely protect against severe illness from the new variant.
As Singapore steps up efforts to screen against the Omicron variant, it said the two travellers from Johannesburg were immediately taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases(NCID) after testing positive. Both were fully vaccinated and did not have any interaction with the wider community, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
One is a 44-year-old permanent resident who was travelling from Mozambique and the other is 41-year-old Singaporean woman who came from South Africa. Contact traciing is ongoing and close contacts face a 10-day quarantine....
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
Singapore yesterday became the latest country to detect the Omicron variant, after two travellers who arrived on Wednesday from Johannesburg preliminarily tested positive for the Covid-19 strain while in quarantine.
The cases here mean at least 25 countries have found people infected with the Omicron variant - a number expected to grow. India yesterday also reported its first two cases, both in the southern of Karnataka.
As countries tighten travel curbs and reintroduce mask mandates, the World Health Organisation said yesterday that vaccines will likely protect against severe illness from the new variant.
As Singapore steps up efforts to screen against the Omicron variant, it said the two travellers from Johannesburg were immediately taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases(NCID) after testing positive. Both were fully vaccinated and did not have any interaction with the wider community, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
One is a 44-year-old permanent resident who was travelling from Mozambique and the other is 41-year-old Singaporean woman who came from South Africa. Contact traciing is ongoing and close contacts face a 10-day quarantine....
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper