Covid
Coronavirus variant found in Singapore can be India’s 3rd wave?
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned that the variant of Coronavirus found in Singapore can be India’s 3rd wave and it might be extremely dangerous for kids.
He asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to immediately halt air services with Singapore and prioritise vaccination drive for children.
“The new form of Corona that came to Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave. My appeal to the central government are air services with Singapore to be cancelled with immediate effect and prioritise the options for vaccinating children at the earliest,” the Delhi chief minister tweeted.
On the other hand, Singapore’s health ministry responded with a statement, “There is no truth whatsoever in the assertions found within the reports. 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.”
And also today, Singapore government called in India’s High Commissioner to convey strong objection to Delhi CM’s tweet on the same. The High Commissioner clarified that Delhi CM had no competence to pronounce on Covid variants or civil aviation policy.