The Singapore Ministry of Health announced today that two travelers from Johannesburg, who were confirmed upon arrival in Sydney to be infected with the new Omicron variant of the new coronavirus, had been transferred on a flight to the Australian city of T state of Asia.
The two men left Johannesburg on November 27 on a Singapore Airlines flight and arrived in Changi on the same day, where they boarded a flight to Sydney, the ministry said. Both passengers were tested for SARS-CoV-2 before departure, which had a negative result, he noted.
According to the ministry’s press release, most of the passengers remained at the airport transfer area. Of the seven people who landed in Singapore, six were warned to stay home for ten days, the seventh, who had close contact on the flight with one of the infected people, was quarantined.
“Tracking of the contacts of the airport staff is underway, who may have had temporary contact with one of the cases,” he added.
Australian authorities say the two passengers confirmed to be infected with Omicron have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and are in isolation.
Omicron has pushed many countries around the world to impose travel restrictions from countries in southern Africa, where it has been announced that it has been located. The World Health Organization estimates that this variant, which has multiple mutations, especially in the so-called spike protein, carries the risk of rapid spread of the virus. So far, however, no patient death has been reported attributed to this new variant.
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