New Covid-19 strain reaches Singapore

Taking precautions: Attendants at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 handling luggage belonging to passengers from a flight which arrived from London. — The Straits Times/ANN

One case of a new coronavirus strain reported in the United Kingdom to be potentially more contagious has been detected here, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

The patient is a 17-year-old Singaporean girl who had studied in the UK.