Omicron cases to be placed on home recovery, as Singapore adjusts approach to new variant: MOH

Eligible Covid-19 cases infected with the Omicron variant will be placed on home recovery from Monday (Dec 27).

This is part of a shift in Singapore's approach to the variant following international evidence that Omicron is likely to be more transmissible but less severe than the Delta variant.

As with other Covid-19 cases, Omicron patients will be placed on the home recovery or managed at community care facilities "depending on their clinical presentation, instead of being isolated in dedicated facilities by default", the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.

Close contacts of Omicron cases will be issued a seven-day health risk warning instead of being quarantined for 10 days.

Those currently in quarantine will be progressively discharged over the next few days.