Singapore finds new Omicron cluster, braces for community spread


Customers following socially distancing rules while waiting in line to order at a food stall in Singapore. The country has confirmed a new cluster of Covid-19 cases linked to the omicron variant, warning that it expects to see the highly-transmissible strain spread in the community. - Bloomberg

SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Bloomberg): Singapore confirmed a new cluster of Covid-19 cases linked to the omicron variant, warning that it expects to see the highly-transmissible strain spread in the community.

The primary case in the confirmed cluster at The Vinyl Bar in the city was a passenger who flew in using Singapore’s quarantine-free vaccinated travel lane on Dec. 14.

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