“Politicians should stick to facts! There is no “Singapore variant”,” Balakrishnan replied to Kejriwal on twitter, attaching a link which detailed the spread of the B.1.617 variant in Singapore.
Politicians should stick to facts!There is no “Singapore variant”. https://t.co/SNJaF7wkwC https://t.co/pNgw4bkV4H
— Vivian Balakrishnan (@VivianBala) 1621395176000
The B.1.617 variant was first found in India and has since spread to many countries, including United Kingdom and Singapore.
The Singaporean government conveyed its “strong objection” to Indian High Commissioner on Delhi CM’s assertion on Singapore variant.
“High Commissioner clarified that Delhi CM had no competence to pronounce on Covid variants or civil aviation policy,” the MEA said.
Singapore Government called in our High Commissioner today to convey strong objection to Delhi CM’s tweet on “Singa… https://t.co/jrzeXhyws9
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) 1621401377000
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday said that there is no truth in the references in reports in a section of Indian media about the presence of a new variant of coronavirus in the country, adding that there is no “Singapore variant”.
“The strain that is prevalent in many of the COVID-19 cases in recent weeks is the B.1.617.2 variant, which originated in India. Phylogenetic testing has shown this B.1.617.2 variant to be associated with several clusters in Singapore,” the statement said.
Kejriwal on Tuesday had cautioned Centre about a ‘new Singapore COVID-19 variant’ that can hurt children the most.
In a tweet, Kejriwal said, “The new COVID variant in Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave”
He appealed to the central government to suspend air services with Singapore and working out priority vaccination options for children.
