Chitchat 12 June 463 cases but very serious

[sweetiepie]

463 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 18 in community

Essential workers being screened for Covid-19 at the Regional Screening Centre at The Float @ Marina Bay on June 9, 2020.ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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SINGAPORE - There are 463 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon (June 12), taking Singapore's total to 39,850.
These include 18 community cases, comprising eight Singaporeans or permanent residents and 10 work pass holders, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Of these, five were close contacts of earlier cases and had already been placed on quarantine. MOH picked up another five cases from its surveillance and screening of workers in essential services and dormitories.

Epidemiological investigations are ongoing for the other eight cases, MOH said.
Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the other cases.
More details will be announced later on Friday by the MOH.


On Thursday, Singapore recorded 422 new Covid-19 cases including five community cases.

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Four of the five community cases reported did not show symptoms and were detected through proactive screening, said the MOH.
Two of these four hold work passes, while the other two hold work permits, and all four are either in essential services or are contacts of previous cases.
One of them is a security guard at a dormitory in Tampines Street 62, another is a worker in an unspecified essential service, and the other two are housemates of previously confirmed cases and were already under quarantine.

The fifth community case is a 78-year-old Singaporean man who began showing symptoms on June 4. He is currently unlinked to previous cases.
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MOH said three of the five are no longer infectious and may have been infected some time ago. Results for the other two, including the Singaporean, are pending.
The average number of new daily community cases has gone up from six cases two weeks ago to eight in the past week. Unlinked community cases have also increased from one to four over the same period.
Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the other 416 new cases.
A 44-year-old Indian male national who died on Monday of ischaemic heart disease was found to have Covid-19 on Wednesday.
He had developed chest and abdominal pain on May 28, and had sought treatment at a general practitioner's clinic.
On Monday, he was found unconscious in his home and was taken to the Singapore General Hospital, where he died.
There are now 10 in Singapore who tested positive for the virus and died of other causes, while 25 have died from Covid-19 complications.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 7.58 million people. More than 423,000 people have died.
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[sweetiepie]

KNN will cb phase 1 extended ? KNN

 

[bobby]

Another chance to make roti prata.....must be the increase in community infections due to easing of phase 1 ?

 

[laksaboy]

KNN will cb phase 1 extended ? KNN

Daft Sinkie! Phase 1/2/3 is already a de facto extension of the CB, but Lee Hsien Loong was too humji to make another late afternoon press statement.

Many wage slaves going back to work, squeezing inside public transport. Many kids going back to school. Of course a spike in cases is to be expected.

 

[sweetiepie]

Daft Sinkie! Phase 1/2/3 is already a de facto extension of the CB, but Lee Hsien Loong was too humji to make another late afternoon press statement.

Many wage slaves going back to work, squeezing inside public transport. Many kids going back to school. Of course a spike in cases is to be expected.

KNN no wonder my uncle saw the train very crowded and also many students going to school KNN my uncle thought phase 1 only pri 6 sec 4 5 and JC 2 KNN

 

[nirvarq]

KNN hawker centers today start to take down the straps and put back alternate X on seats getting ready for phase 2 now 18 in community tomorrow and day after if keep doubling 完了！ 什么都玩了 habis lah ..... lol

 

[laksaboy]

Another chance to make roti prata.....must be the increase in community infections due to easing of phase 1 ?

Eagerly awaiting Ah Heng, Ah Wong or Auntie Jo to blame Sinkies again.

Perhaps Lee Hsien Loong and his wife might want to beg Abang Tiongkok for more love gifts of masks.

 

[glockman]

KNN no wonder my uncle saw the train very crowded and also many students going to school KNN my uncle thought phase 1 only pri 6 sec 4 5 and JC 2 KNN

It won't be over until everyone gets covid. So, it's just sooner or later.

 

[sweetiepie]

It won't be over until everyone gets covid. So, it's just sooner or later.

 

[red amoeba]

Why the banglas still having so many infected cases ? Means lock up in dorm still spreading around ? How many weeks since lockdown of banglas we should see bangla number ending.
Roll back CB lah. Don’t reopen until zero cases.

 

[sweetiepie]

It won't be over until everyone gets covid. So, it's just sooner or later.

So after all the talk is all for nothing KNN

 

[CPTMiller]

Daft Sinkie! Phase 1/2/3 is already a de facto extension of the CB, but Lee Hsien Loong was too humji to make another late afternoon press statement.

Many wage slaves going back to work, squeezing inside public transport. Many kids going back to school. Of course a spike in cases is to be expected.

You are right.
But they cannot cb forever as General election coming

 

[knnb40]

18 in community - due to very extensive testing, no worry

 

[bobby]

If you have a few hundred Covid-19 infections a day, regardless or migrant workers or community, you are fucked.

 

[glockman]

So after all the talk is all for nothing KNN

They already warned us we cannot go back to life as before, and be ready for the new normal. Even with all the precautions (masks, social distancing, staggered school and work hours, etc), people are still getting infected.

 

[Leongsam]

How many are actually sick?

 

[bobby]

The June 22 date can kiss good bye liao....

 

[kaninabuchaojibye]

finish.
new circuit breaker soon
heng ah,i just went to cut my super long vagabond hair

 

[Porfirio Rubirosa]

18 in community - due to very extensive testing, no worry

Exactly.

People really need to get a grip on things here.

Unless there are uncontrollable covid-19 clusters emerging, there is no need to panic and go all CB again.

So long as there is optimum testing and tracing; the fatality/ICU/hospitalisation figures remain relatively low and everyone co-operates on the health safety measures/hygiene, then we should be fine.

There must be a practical and realistic push towards a more balanced lives and livelihoods level.

 

[Baimi]

Go to P3 then can go election, so if the date is set, then P2 will not delay.