SINGAPORE - Two local Covid-19 cases have been confirmed to be infected with a new Omicron sub-variant called BA.2.12.1 - a descendant ofThe new version was detected through active monitoring of the Covid-19 situation and genetic sequencing, said the Ministry of Health on its website on Thursday night , alongside its daily update on the local Covid-19 situation.
Since March 15, more than 98 per cent of local Covid-19 cases have been infected with the BA.2 sub-variant, MOH has said previously.Preliminary studies show that BA.2 is more transmissible compared with the original Omicron sub-variant known as BA.1. Dr Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, executive director of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s Bioinformatics Institute, said: “The BA.2.12.1 sub-variant has been growing specifically in North America and could become dominant there in the near future.”As at mid-April, the BA.2.12.1 has been detected in more than 40 countries.
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