SINGAPORE - Anyone who feels ill should see a doctor immediately and should not go to school or work, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday (May 14). We should remind everyone. So long as you feel sick, if you are not feeling well, please do not go to school, do not go to work. Report sick, go and see a doctor immediately, and in the meantime, isolate yourself, he said.
Mr Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19, said at a press conference that recent cases have shown that the spread of the virus can be contained if those who fall ill get medical help quickly.
Singapore is re-establishing strict restraint rules after the Covid cases went up
Singapore has re-imposed drastic social exclusion measures, banning restaurant canteens and restricting gatherings to two people as a result of new Covid-19 cases.
The cuts will take effect on Sunday, just weeks before the country plans to host the Shangri-La Dialogue, the annual summit of the defense summit, which would be the first major international event since the pandemic began in Singapore last year.
The measures will also delay the opening of a travel bubble with Hong Kong, which began on May 26, the second time that efforts to resume flights between Asian financial centers have been delayed.
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SINGAPORE: To speed up the detection of COVID-19 cases, rapid antigen testing (ART) will be conducted on all individuals who seek treatment with symptoms, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday (May 14).
This is on top of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests that are being conducted on all people with possible COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms, or the loss of smell or taste.
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Such incidents of discrimination have emerged after a growing cluster of Covid-19 cases formed at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
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SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health and the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19 have been working together with hospitals here to support healthcare workers, including Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) staff, who have been shunned by Singaporeans, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Tuesday (May 11).
Responding in Parliament to a question from Dr Tan Wu Meng (Jurong GRC), who said he had heard of TTSH nurses who have been asked by their landlords to move out at short notice, or other healthcare staff who cannot find a taxi after their shift ends, Mr Gan said that this is a very worrisome trend .
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Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said the vaccines prevent severe reactions to infection. PHOTO: GOV.SG
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Singapore has seen 26 cases of Covid-19 reinfection as at Monday, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday.
Such reinfections are known to be possible both overseas and here, he noted, but it is still unclear why they occur.
The minister said investigations are ongoing to determine if reinfections are from a general waning of immunity levels over time, or a lack of cross-protection - despite a previous infection - against specific variants of the coronavirus that a person is exposed to for the first time.