SINGAPORE — Two imported Covid-19 cases with the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 have been found in Singapore as of Thursday (July 14), said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
In response to CNA's queries, MOH said that both individuals had recently travelled to India and had immediately self-isolated after testing positive for Covid-19.The BA.2.75 subvariant, which is nicknamed Centaurus, was first detected in India in early May.
"There is currently no evidence to indicate that BA.2.75 has substantially different virulence or severity compared to its Omicron predecessors," said MOH on Saturday. WHO's chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said there were not yet enough samples to assess its severity, as reported by The Guardian.
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