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This is a very disturbing news. How did this B.1.6.172 variant got into the common population? I thought it was blocked at the airport? Or is this a fake news? I have full confidence in our PAP government in preventing this variant from coming in, what happened?
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7 Covid-19 cases, including 5 from TTSH cluster, have B16172 Indian variant: MOH
Published May 04, 2021 Updated May 04, 2021 13 hrs ago AFP
Published May 04, 2021 Updated May 04, 2021 13 hrs ago AFP
SINGAPORE — Seven patients from three Covid-19 community clusters here have a coronavirus variant first detected in India. Five of them with this B16172 variant are part of the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
They include the nurse from Ward 9D, who was the first case detected in Singapore’s largest hospital virus cluster, which now has 40 confirmed cases.
Another staff member at TTSH who contracted that virus variant was a doctor who attended to patients in the same ward. The other three cases are patients of that ward.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (May 4) that the two other cases with the B16172 variant were an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer at Changi Airport and a cleaner deployed at a community care facility at Tuas South.
The B16172 variant is closely related to the B1617 variant, which is believed to be fuelling a deadly wave of infections in India.
The Singaporean ICA officer was confirmed to be infected last Tuesday and that cluster has 11 infections.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...6172-indian-variant-moh#.YJEt-32WWuE.whatsapp
7 Covid-19 cases, including 5 from TTSH cluster, have B16172 Indian variant: MOH
Published May 04, 2021 Updated May 04, 2021 13 hrs ago AFP
Published May 04, 2021 Updated May 04, 2021 13 hrs ago AFP
SINGAPORE — Seven patients from three Covid-19 community clusters here have a coronavirus variant first detected in India. Five of them with this B16172 variant are part of the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
They include the nurse from Ward 9D, who was the first case detected in Singapore’s largest hospital virus cluster, which now has 40 confirmed cases.
Another staff member at TTSH who contracted that virus variant was a doctor who attended to patients in the same ward. The other three cases are patients of that ward.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (May 4) that the two other cases with the B16172 variant were an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer at Changi Airport and a cleaner deployed at a community care facility at Tuas South.
The B16172 variant is closely related to the B1617 variant, which is believed to be fuelling a deadly wave of infections in India.
The Singaporean ICA officer was confirmed to be infected last Tuesday and that cluster has 11 infections.