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19 May 2021
Singapore acted fast, shutting schools and tightening restrictions, following instances of fresh cases linked to more transmissible variants of the Wuhan virus, affecting children as well.
After India variant, the new Wuhan virus variant was seen affecting children in Singapore, prompting fresh curbs. Singapore acted proactively and decidedly against the outbreak, announcing a slew of fresh restrictions on Friday.
The announcements, including the suspension of the majority of in-person school classes, were made after experts suggested that the 17 cases identified on Sunday were an indication that there may be chains of transmission going unnoticed. Singapore s health minister also raised concerns over the new variants apparent effect on younger children.
‘Fearmongering, politically motivated’: Indian diaspora in Singapore condemns Kejriwal’s tweet about ‘new’ COVID strain
Thursday, May 20th 2021
Members of the Indian diaspora living in Singapore have come out strongly against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet calling for halting flights between India and Singapore, citing a new COVID-19 virus variant in the latter country which is considered to be dangerous for children.
Kejriwal’s comments were met with strong criticism by both the Indian and Singapore governments. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@ArvindKejriwal
The prevailing reaction among members of the Indian community in Singapore who Connected to India spoke to was overwhelmingly against the Delhi CM, with some calling his actions as “opportunistic, childish and politically motivated”. Some even stated that they didn’t wish to dignify Kejriwal’s tweet with a response.
Reuters
Published: 19 May 2021 01:50 PM BdST
Updated: 19 May 2021 01:50 PM BdST A woman carrying a child walks inside a railway station amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
The transmissibility advantage of the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India might be a little lower than first feared, a leading British epidemiologist said on Wednesday, but vaccines might be less effective at limiting its spread. );
} There s. a glimmer of hope from the recent data that, whilst this variant does still appear to have a significant growth advantage, the magnitude of that advantage seems to have dropped a little bit with the most recent data, Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, told BBC radio.
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