Delhi CM's claims of new Singapore Covid-19 variant not true: Ministry of Health


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the new variant could result in a third wave in India. - AFP

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has rebutted claims by a politician in India, which were carried by several media outlets, of a new Covid-19 strain in Singapore.

“There is no truth whatsoever in the assertions found within the reports. There is no ‘Singapore variant’, ” an MOH spokesman said on Tuesday (May 18).

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