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Singapore confirms 1st case of new Covid-19 strain
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Bangkok Desk, Dec 24 (efe-epa).- Singapore has confirmed its first case of a person infected with the new variant of Covid-19 discovered in the United Kingdom.
The patient is a 17-year-old Singaporean who returned to the city state on Dec. 6 from the UK, where she had been studying since August, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Wednesday night.
The infected girl was in isolation when she started to experience a fever and her positive diagnosis was confirmed two days after her arrival in the Asian country.
The teenager has already finished the quarantine period and tested negative again; while her family members and people in direct contact with her have also tested negative.

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