Singapore reports 552 new COVID-19 infections and 13 deaths; 1 more imported case tests positive for Omicron variant

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Singapore reports 552 new COVID19 cases and 13 deaths; 1 more imported case from South Africa tests “preliminarily positive” for Omicron variant: MOH

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 552 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths linked to the coronavirus as of noon on Sunday .

"The case is fully vaccinated, and has mild symptoms. He had not interacted in the community, and there is currently no evidence of any community transmission from the case," MOH said. "On Dec 4, he developed a fever and sore throat and was conveyed to NCID, where he tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant," MOH added.The fatalities were aged between 52 and 96. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. MOH did not specify what these conditions were.The overall intensive care unit utilisation rate is 51.2 per cent, down from 54.7 per cent on Saturday.The weekly infection growth rate rose to 0.66 from Saturday's 0.63.

 

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A case was detected in Malaysia who has transitted from South Africa via SG way back in Nov. 🧐

什麼時候了?還再飛南非?

Test all for omicron virus, not just ppl from South Africa. Everybody knows now that South Africa wasn’t the first omicron case, just the first to find and report it!!! If we’re being real, omicron is and has been in Singapore already sporeMOH

看清楚了!原來也是南非回國的!

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