Another Community Case in S’pore Preliminarily Tested Positive for the Omicron Variant

If you’re not surprised, we’re not surprised.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has said that it’d just be a matter of time before the Omicron variant makes its way into our community, and yesterday (10 Dec), it was announced that another three people in Singapore have been preliminarily tested positive for the Omicron variant.

One of them is yet another worker in the airport.

Here’s what you need to know.

Another Community Case in S’pore Preliminarily Tested Positive for the Omicron Variant

According to MOH, they’ve detected three more COVID-19 cases who have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant, of whom one is a community case (airport frontline worker) and the other two are imported.

All three cases are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic, and recovering in isolation wards at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). MOH is ringfencing the cases through contact tracing.

The community case is a 38 year-old male who works as a passenger service staff at the departure gates at Changi Airport Terminal 3. He did not interact with the three earlier cases of Omicron infections, and there are no known linkages with the earlier reported Omicron case who is also a Changi Airport passenger service staff.

He was tested for COVID-19 on 9 December as part of weekly Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) for border frontline workers, and his polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result came back preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant. He was asymptomatic and upon being notified of his positive test result, he had self-isolated at home.

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The second case, an imported 30 year-old female, has returned to Singapore via a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from the United Kingdom (UK) on 8 December. Her pre-departure test in the UK on 7 December was negative for COVID-19 infection.

Her on-arrival PCR test on 9 December was positive for COVID-19 infection, and she was suspected of being infected by the Omicron variant on 10 December. Prior to her conveyance to NCID, she had self-isolated at her own residence.

The last case is a 26 year-old male who travelled to Singapore via VTL from the UK on 8 December. He had not interacted with the previous imported case during the flight. His pre-departure test in the UK on 6 December was negative for COVID-19 infection.

His on-arrival PCR test on 9 December was positive for COVID-19 infection and was suspected to have been infected by the Omicron variant on 10 December. Prior to his conveyance to NCID, he had self-isolated at a self-sourced accommodation.

Since 2 December, those working in higher risk settings had been placed on weekly PCR testing. But now, airport workers on routine testing will be required to do daily antigen rapid tests for the next seven days.

MOH also reiterated that we should be prepared to see more Omicron cases in Singapore.

Now, despite how scary that might sound, Omicron might be good news. Watch this video to the end and you’d understand:

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