Covid-19: Singapore reports one case with UK virus strain

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Singapore yesterday reported one confirmed case with UK B117 virus strain involving a 17-year-old female Singaporean who was studying in the United Kingdom from August 2020, according to the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH).MOH said in light of recent reports that the B117 strain, a potentially more contagious variant of the Covid-19 virus, is circulating in the UK, the National Public Health Laboratory is performing viral genomic sequencing for confirmed Covid-19 cases who had arrived from Europe recently.A total of 31 imported cases from Europe, who arrived in Singapore between Nov 17 and Dec 17, 2020, were confirmed this month to have Covid-19 infection, it said in a statement.Among them, MOH said, 12 were not infected with the B117 strain, and one has been found to carry the B117 strain.“Five samples cannot be sequenced due to their low viral load, and we are pending co…