SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Bloomberg): Singapore confirmed a new cluster of Covid-19 cases linked to the omicron variant, warning that it expects to see the highly-transmissible strain spread in the community. The primary case in the confirmed cluster at The Vinyl Bar in the city was a passenger who flew in using Singapore’s quarantine-free vaccinated travel lane on Dec. 14. The confirmed cases and their close contacts will be placed in quarantine. Singapore has confirmed a total of 448 cases linked to the omicron variant, of which 369 are imported cases. "It is a matter of time before the omicron variant spreads in our community,” the ministry said in a statement.

Source: The Star December 27, 2021 00:17 UTC