2 S'pore Covid-19 cases infected with new Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1

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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.The BA.2.12.1 is currently not on the World Health Organisation's list of variants of concern or interest, or variants under monitoring.

Preliminary studies show that BA.2 is more transmissible compared with the original Omicron sub-variant known as BA.1.

 

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1 week of freedom and they did this to us... Who is taking the piss and not getting our friends to celebrate Puasa

The virus name is now like a computer virus isn’t it.

What will happen in Indonesia after holiday?

So crowded 🤐

Is it because hari raya is around the corner?

2 x how many... another wave is coming? All safe management measures to be reinstated? If open up, why need to care BA ?

Is this a British Airway flight?

shawnietlm and I were married on 21.11.21. But I swore we have nothing to do with this sub-variant.

More jabs more variants and infections. Now we are living in a world that marvelous ‘vaccine’ doesn’t need to stop infection anymore.

Yawn.....

And this means what to me?

No country is immune to virus border crossing!

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