In the wake of Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “Singapore variant” remark and urging India to ban all flights with Singapore, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has since joined the fray and said that there is a “different strain” of Covid-19 in Singapore.
Jain said:
“There are many strains of coronavirus in India at present… Their presence is ascertained through genome sequencing. It is a different strain (in Singapore) indeed. Whether it is from Singapore, Delhi, America or London, what”s important is that the strains are different.”
He then categorically highlighted his point:
“It is wrong to say it is not a different variant… The picture will be clear in some time. We will inform you about it.”
Jain’s remarks come hot on the heels of Singapore’s MFA reaching out to the India’s High Commissioner, P Kumaran, to express concerns over Kejriwal’s “Singapore variant” remarks.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health also released a statement addressing the claims.
Most notably, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan also took to social media to respond to Arvind Kejriwal.
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