Singapore Sequencing Reveals Delta Variant Crowds Out Others
- City has 449 cases from variants of concern; 428 are delta
- Daily Covid infections on the island have ebbed this week
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Covid-19 sequencing in Singapore has revealed the emergence of the delta variant as the country’s major local virus strain, underscoring the highly infectious nature of the mutation that has proliferated globally since its first detection in India.
Of these cases as of May 31, 449 have been found to be caused by variants of concern, among which 428 were infections of the delta strain, said the country’s health ministry. The next largest group was nine cases linked to the beta mutation that first emerged in South Africa.