MOH finds suspected Omicron cluster linked to Anytime Fitness gym at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre

The Ministry of Health has detected a Covid-19 cluster of Omicron cases here, with three cases linked to the Anytime Fitness gym located at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre.

Of the three, two of them were found to have the variant in early tests, while the test result of the third case is pending. This is the first time MOH has reported a cluster for infections caused by the Omicron variant.

There are now 71 people confirmed to have the Omicron variant here, of which six are local cases and the remaining 65 are imported.

In its news release late on Monday (Dec 20) night, MOH said that the three infected persons linked to the Anytime Fitness gym are fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms.

The ministry is ringfencing the cases through contact tracing.

• A 24-year-old man who is unemployed. He developed a sore throat and fever on Dec 18 and sought medical attention at a general practitioner (GP) clinic where he underwent a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. His test result came back positive for Covid-19 on the same day.
• An 18-year-old student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic who was last in school on Dec 15. She developed a sore throat and fever on Dec 18 and went to see a GP. She was tested for Covid-19 and her PCR test result returned positive on Dec 19.
• A 21-year old man who is a student at At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy but had not been to school recently. He developed a sore throat on Dec 18 and went to a GP clinic where he was tested for Covid-19. His PCR test result came back positive for on Dec 19.