SINGAPORE - Covid-19 vaccines protect people from the symptoms and more severe forms of the disease but are not designed to fully prevent them from being infected, experts said on Monday (April 12), following the case of a migrant worker who tested positive despite having both doses.
They said inoculation was vital because although those who have had the jabs may still catch the virus, they are much less likely to get seriously ill than unvaccinated patients.
The migrant worker, who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive, received his first dose on Jan 25 and his second on Feb 15, the Health Ministry said.
Phase II of Singapore s National Precision Medicine strategy to begin in April 2021
Precision medicine is part of Singapore s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 strategic goal to transform and protect the health of every Singaporean. Identified as a priority by the Ministry of Health, precision medicine aims to understand how genomic, phenotypic, lifestyle and clinical factors contribute to the health of Singaporeans. It also supports the responsible use of health data in clinical applications with the longer-term goal of addressing Singapore s healthcare challenges in a sustainable and clinically cost-effective manner.
Singapore s National Precision Medicine (NPM) strategy is a 10-year plan to enhance and accelerate Singapore s biomedical research, health outcomes and economic growth. NPM is a whole-of-government effort to establish the necessary frameworks and infrastructure to realise precision medicine on a national scale, to ultimately improve public health, enhanc
SINGAPORE - People here have been socialising less and working more since the circuit breaker last year, a survey has found.
It noted that 61 per cent of the 1,000 respondents said they now socialise less frequently with those outside their immediate family than before the restrictions were put in place in April last year.
Forty-four per cent also reported that their social circles outside of their immediate family had shrunk over the past year.
And while 20 per cent said they socialise with their immediate family more frequently nowadays, 23 per cent said they do so less frequently.
The online poll of residents aged 16 and over, which was commissioned by The Straits Times, noted that 27 per cent reported growing closer to their family, while 7 per cent said they were no longer as close.
Singapore launches next phase of National Precision Medicine Programme
New national body established to further research insights, improve patient outcomes and create new economic opportunities for the biomedical technology industry.
Precision Health Research, Singapore
SINGAPORE, 7 April 2021 – Precision medicine is part of Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 strategic goal to transform and protect the health of every Singaporean. Identified as a priority by the Ministry of Health, precision medicine aims to understand how genomic, phenotypic, lifestyle and clinical factors contribute to the health of Singaporeans. It also supports the responsible use of health data in clinical applications with the longer-term goal of addressing Singapore’s healthcare challenges in a sustainable and clinically cost-effective manner.
Reuters
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic , authorities around the world asked people to put their lives on hold for a period of days or weeks to “flatten the curve” and save lives.
More than a year into the global crisis, governments continue to enforce lockdowns and other restrictions in response to Covid-19, while sluggish vaccine roll-outs cloud expectations for a swift return to normal.
For public health and civil liberties experts, the normalisation of extraordinary pandemic regulations – after the first lockdowns in Wuhan, China, initially sparked international alarm – raises questions about how readily authorities may embrace illiberal responses to future crises, amid shifting public perceptions of the trade-offs between safety and freedom.