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Two New Cases Tested Preliminarily Positive for Omicron Variant
9TH DEC 2021
1. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected two more COVID-19 cases who have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant, of whom one is a local case (airport frontline worker) and the other is imported. Both cases are fully vaccinated and have received their booster shots. One is asymptomatic while the other has mild symptoms. Both cases are recovering in isolation wards at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). MOH is conducting aggressive contact tracing to ringfence the cases.
Case 276363
2. Case 276363 is a 24 year-old female Singaporean who works as a passenger service staff at Changi Airport Terminals 1 and 3, and had also worked at the transit holding area, where she may have interacted with transit passengers from Omicron-affected countries. She did not work at Terminal 4, where the three earlier cases of Omicron infections[1] (Cases 271487, 271598, and 273611) had been to.
3. She was tested for COVID-19 on 8 December as part of weekly Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) for border frontline workers, and her polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result revealed the presence of S-gene Target Failure, which may be associated with the Omicron variant. She was asymptomatic when detected through RRT, and may have been in the early stages of infection. Upon being notified of her positive test result, she self-isolated at home until conveyance to NCID. The National Public Health Laboratory is conducting whole genome sequencing to confirm the variant.
Case 276223
4. Case 276223 is a 46 year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who returned to Singapore via a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from Germany on board SQ325 on 6 December. Her pre-departure test in France on 4 December was negative for COVID-19 infection. Upon arrival in Singapore, her PCR test on 6 December came back negative. On 7 December, she developed a runny nose and sought medical treatment on 8 December. She was tested positive for COVID-19 infection on the same day, and confirmed to have S-gene Target Failure on 9 December.
5. Contact tracing for both cases is ongoing. All close contacts of the cases will be placed on 10-day quarantine at designated facilities and undergo PCR tests at the start and end of their quarantine. All airport staff are already PCR-tested every seven days. As an additional precautionary measure, they will also be required to conduct daily antigen rapid tests for the next seven days.
6. Given its high transmissibility and spread to many parts of the world, we should expect to find more Omicron cases at our borders and also within our community. It is important for everyone to continue to play their part and remain vigilant to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and to come forward to receive your vaccination or booster dose when offered.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
9 DECEMBER 2021
[1] The National Public Health Laboratory has completed whole genome sequencin
Omicron is looking like the break we needed. After reading over a few medical journals, I found it very interesting.
Viruses of course can’t mate as they are not technically alive. But with the Omicron variant, it appears that someone was infected with Covid and the common cold at the same time and a piece of the cold virus interacted with Covid. This appears to have altered Covid into omicron.
It’s still early but this may be the Reason for such mild cases.
Mother nature is really giving us the finger right now and we are not paying attention.
That’s what happens when a virus gets to roll freely due to idiots, this virus will keep evolving ass long as misinformation and people not taking shit seriously
Politicians and corporations are just as guilty due to placing da economy/money over lives.
B.C. COVID-19 update: 437 new cases, 3 deaths, Omicron cases up to 10
B.C. added 437 more cases of COVID-19 and three related deaths to its total on Friday, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control's COVID-19 dashboard.
COVID-19 may hide in fat cells, increasing the risk of severe disease and long COVID among overweight and obese patients
Overweight and obese people have suffered the worst effects of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. Now there is emerging science to help explain why.
In October, a group of researchers, mostly from Stanford University, published a non-peer-reviewed study finding that COVID-19 may infect fat cells directly, a novel discovery that suggests overweight and obese people may be at increased risk for severe disease and long COVID.
“[Our study’s] data suggest that infection of fat tissue and its associated inflammatory response may be one of the reasons why obese individuals do so poorly when infected with SARS-CoV-2," Dr. Catherine Blish, a professor at Stanford University Medical Center and a lead author on the study, told Reuters.
Blish and her team studied the adipose cells—or fat cells—of patients who died of COVID-19. The researchers found that COVID-19 not only infected the cells but also inflamed them, a response associated with severe COVID-19 cases. The findings suggest that the more overweight someone is the more susceptible that person may be to severe COVID infections. Someone carrying extra weight likely has more excess fat tissue that could be infected.
COVID-19’s ability to invade fat cells may have long-term implications for overweight or obese people infected with the virus.
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Study finds COVID attacks fat cells, may indicate obese patients at greater risk of long COVID | Fortune
Overweight and obese people have suffered the worst effects of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. Now there is emerging science to help explain why.
In October, a group of researchers, mostly from Stanford University, published a non-peer-reviewed study finding that COVID-19 may infect fat cells directly, a novel discovery that suggests overweight and obese people may be at increased risk for severe disease and long COVID.
“[Our study’s] data suggest that infection of fat tissue and its associated inflammatory response may be one of the reasons why obese individuals do so poorly when infected with SARS-CoV-2," Dr. Catherine Blish, a professor at Stanford University Medical Center and a lead author on the study, told Reuters.
Blish and her team studied the adipose cells—or fat cells—of patients who died of COVID-19. The researchers found that COVID-19 not only infected the cells but also inflamed them, a response associated with severe COVID-19 cases. The findings suggest that the more overweight someone is the more susceptible that person may be to severe COVID infections. Someone carrying extra weight likely has more excess fat tissue that could be infected.
COVID-19’s ability to invade fat cells may have long-term implications for overweight or obese people infected with the virus.
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Study finds COVID attacks fat cells, may indicate obese patients at greater risk of long COVID | Fortune
Honestly, I'on trust none of these muthafuckas.
If the virus is causing milder infections then it is actually trying to make itself less deadly to survive.
They can t find employees in ruby red Ohio.
Wow