One of the community cases reported in Singapore yesterday was tested preliminarily positive for the B117 strain, a potentially more contagious strain of the Covid-19 virus that was circulating in the UK.
SINGAPORE, Jan 8 Singapore reported 33 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, of which two are in the community. The other 31 cases are imported and have been placed on stay-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press statement. The two community.
SINGAPORE, Jan 7 One of the two locally transmitted Covid-19 cases reported yesterday here is a 24-year-old man who has preliminarily tested positive for the potentially more contagious B117 strain that was first discovered in the United Kingdom. The South Korean work permit holder works.
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Health Minister Gan Kim Yong shed more light on Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy in a ministerial statement on Monday (4 Jan), as Parliament sat for the first time in the new year.
Aside from answering questions on the supply and operation of the vaccines, Mr Gan also provided a closer look at the safety, efficacy and side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the only COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved for use in the immediate term. Read Mr Gan’s speech in full here:
Mr Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to give an update to members on the COVID-19 situation, and specifically on our plan to vaccinate our population. Minister Lawrence Wong and I will address Oral Questions 2 to 14 and Written Questions 15 to 18 from today’s Order Paper, as well as questions filed by MPs for future sittings.