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SINGAPORE - In less than a month, the Covid-19 cluster at Changi Airport has swelled to more than 100 people, including airport workers whose jobs did not require them to interact with passengers, family members of front-line staff and visitors. It is now the largest active cluster in Singapore, and accounts for four of the 30 new community cases reported...
Friday, 07 May 2021 08:21 AM MYT A healthcare worker receives a dose of the coronavirus disease vaccine at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore December 30, 2020. — Lee Jia Wen/Ministry of Communications and Information handout pic via Reuters Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SINGAPORE, May 7 — Around 2,800 “adverse events” have been reported out of the 2.2 million vaccine doses administered here between December last year and mid-April, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said. They are side effects that inc...
The country is experiencing its worst spate of Covid-19 community infections in close to a year, in a painful reminder of how the virus situation can flare up without warning. But if contact tracing, testing and quarantine protocols are as effective as before, and people do not let their guard down, the current situation could come under control within the next week or so, experts said. The Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster, with 27 people infected, is the nation’s first hospital cluster and comprises staff and patients. One patient, an 88-year-old woman, has died. The recent cases show...
SINGAPORE - Singapore is experiencing its worst spate of Covid-19 community infections in close to a year, in a painful reminder of how the virus situation can flare up without warning. But if contact tracing, testing and quarantine protocols are as effective as before, and people do not let their guard down, the current situation could come under control within the next week or so, experts said. The recent cases show that nobody can relax, not even for a moment, stressed Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. "We have see...
The Straits Times Worst community outbreak in nearly a year a reminder to stay vigilant: Experts It can be brought under control soon if people take care and safety protocols are as effective as before Singapore has moved to contain the spread of the virus, acting swiftly to ring-fence cases, testing aggressively, and even enforcing lockdowns in four wards at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (above). ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM https://str.sg/JtUB They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full