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Second CB coming. Guess the timing.
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Don't worry, if the death toll overnight escalate to thousands, Sinkies will know who to sent to hell. Lets see who are the racist!!!
I reckon it will be sometime next week before they declare.
chee bye lah! How many are actually sick.
Don't forget the money lost by FIFA, UEFA, football clubs, tournaments (Euro 2020...2021) etc.
Seek compensation from the country that made the biological weapon.
https://twitter.com/LawrenceSellin
Hard to tell, because the vaccines and perhaps even the PCR testing seem to be unreliable.
"The World Economic Forum Special Annual Meeting 2021 in Singapore will convene on 17-20 August. The meeting follows the success of the Forum’s virtual Davos Agenda in January, which brought together world leaders from government, business and society."
PAP government will want Singapore to ease back to Phase 3 at the start of August when the delegates' advance parties will start arriving.
If the lockdown is at least 1 month, then the lockdown will start at the end of June.
PAP government will want Singapore to ease back to Phase 3 at the start of August when the delegates' advance parties will start arriving.
If the lockdown is at least 1 month, then the lockdown will start at the end of June.
A second CCB (Covid Circuit Breaker) is coming?
I will be overjoyed. STay home, save lives!
I will be overjoyed. STay home, save lives!
If you have a partner, stay home, make lives. Pandemic baby boom!
those born around this time of the year is last year’s CB kia?
In his Facebook post, Dr Thambya wrote that “Ministry of Health (MOH) data shows that the bed occupancy is consistently at or above maximum levels for patient safety”, with bed occupancy rates hitting as high as 95 per cent in Tan Tock Seng hospital between April 14 and April 16. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines published in 2017, occupancy rates should not exceed 90 per cent in order to facilitate optimal patient flow.
“While much of this is due to overpopulation from the misguided immigration policies, a large part of this is caused by the overly complex healthcare financing system,” Dr Tambya wrote, pointing out the need for citizens to buy their own healthcare insurance plans despite the existence of national health insurance scheme MediShield Life.
Dr Tambyah noted the increasing inequality in Singapore, cautioning that Singapore is “approaching the level of the United States which probably has the most dysfunctional system in the high-income world”.
Outgoing Health Minister Mr Gan Kim Yong revealed in Parliament that there is a striking five-and-a-half-year gap in life expectancy between Singaporeans aged up to 25 with secondary education and their peers with post-secondary education.
It was revealed that “men with below secondary education level were 1.7 times more likely to have diabetes, 1.2 times more likely to have hypertension and 1.2 times more likely to have high cholesterol, as compared to those with post-secondary education. For women with below secondary education level, the chances were 1.5 times for diabetes, 1.7 times for hypertension, and 1.4 times for high cholesterol compared to those with post-secondary education.” according to the reply by the MOH.
Dr Tambyah urged these issues be addressed, or the gaps in our society will only widen.
He also wrote that the SDP proposed a national universal healthcare scheme, which is simple and based on a single-payer system. His party would be happy to meet Minister Ong to explain it to him and suggest ways to overhaul the healthcare system and meet the basic healthcare needs of all Singaporeans, he added
https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/paul-tambyah-says-ong-ye-kung-will-face-huge-challenges.304282/
Pupils from Kong Hwa School and St Stephen's test positive for Covid-19; more schools move to home-based learning
Two pupils each from Kong Hwa School and St Stephen's School have been confirmed to have Covid-19 infection.
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Jessie Lim
May 14, 2021
SINGAPORE - More schools will move to full home-based learning on Friday (May 14) after pupils tested positive for Covid-19.
Two pupils each from Kong Hwa School and St Stephen's School have been confirmed to have Covid-19 infection, in addition to the Yio Chu Kang Primary pupil who was among the 24 new community cases announced on Thursday.
These schools bring the total number of schools affected by the surge in Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks to at least five.
According to notices seen by The Straits Times, the pupils from Kong Hwa School and St Stephen's School were close contacts of another confirmed Covid-19 case. The infections are not related to the schools.
All staff and pupils who are close contacts with the affected pupils will be placed on leave of absence or quarantined.
Both schools will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, while full home-based learning is conducted on Friday.
St Stephen's School said that lesson packages will be available on the Student Learning Space and that pupils will be able to complete them any time over the weekend.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that all Yio Chu Kang Primary pupils will move to full home-based learning until next Tuesday as "it will take some time to finalise the results of the testing and epidemiological investigations".
All after-school activities, including co-curricular events, will be suspended from next Wednesday until next Friday for all pupils, except for a few Primary 5 and 6 pupils.
The schedule for the remaining mid-year exams and weighted assessment for pupils from Primary 4 to Primary 6 will be adjusted as well, the school told parents.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old student at Edgefield Secondary School tested positive for Covid-19 on April 30, while an 18-year-old student at Victoria Junior College tested positive on May 7.
A 50-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a tutor at Learning Point, an enrichment centre with branches in Parkway Centre and Century Square also tested positive for Covid-19 on May 12. Her case is currently unlinked.
MOE said: "With the increase in the number of local cases over the past week, we urge all students and staff to continue practising good personal hygiene and adhering to safe management measures."
Do the right thing to avoid second circuit breaker in Singapore, urge experts
It will only take one lapse or one irresponsible action for a potential super-spreading event to occur.
ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
Timothy Goh
May 14, 2021
SINGAPORE - Experts have warned that the Covid-19 crisis in Singapore could worsen quickly amid a growing number of unlinked cases and expanding clusters, but some here are still not seeing a doctor after developing symptoms.
The Covid-19 situation here is on a knife-edge, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said when he addressed Parliament on Tuesday (May 11).
The experts agree.
Speaking during his ministerial address on the pandemic, Mr Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic, said that the nation has a chance of getting things under control by the end of the month.
But he also warned against complacency, saying that the country's community case numbers can go either way over the next few weeks, and it will only take one lapse or one irresponsible action for a potential super-spreading event to occur.
As of Thursday, there were 11 active clusters here, with 15 unlinked cases in the community over the past week.
Professor Dale Fisher, from the Department of Medicine at the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, said he "couldn't agree more" with Mr Wong's statement.
The choice is between either controlling the increasing cases or clusters, or having to go into a second circuit breaker, he said.
"Lockdowns are very blunt but could be necessary if unlinked cases and new clusters continue to emerge. Now, as a community, we can act and hopefully avoid the restrictions becoming mandated by government," he said.
Dr Hannah Clapham, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, noted that this is not the first time Singaporeans have been told the situation is at a potential tipping point.
However, she added: "Unfortunately, it continues to be true each time. Because there has been a swift and effective response, we have not yet seen any of these tipping points turn into full blown community outbreaks.
"But it is exactly because the measures have been put in place that this hasn't happened, and this is what we are seeing now - the potential for lots of cases and therefore a tipping point. More measures are brought in to ensure this does not happen."
She added that the measures needed to keep things under control should decrease over time as more people here get vaccinated.
As of May 9, about 1.8 million people here had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Of this number, about 1.2 million had received their second dose as well.Prof Fisher added that Singapore has not been in this state of the pandemic for "a long time". Pointing to the unlinked cases and number of clusters that are developing, he added: "Furthermore, Tan Tock Seng Hospital has lost a lot of its capacity, so that adds to the concerns over Singapore's hospital response."
The past week has also seen 14 Covid-19 cases who did not seek medical attention immediately despite developing symptoms of the coronavirus.
In one case, a 42-year-old man who works as an operating theatre technician at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, developed a cough on April 21, but did not seek medical treatment until May 10 - nearly three weeks later - after his cough worsened.
Dr Clapham said that such cases are especially concerning, and that people should seek medical attention when they develop symptoms."It is ideal if cases are detected as soon as possible, as this enables contact tracing to occur and other measures to be brought in as needed to control this transmission chain before we see many cases occurring," she explained.
Both experts urged people here to get vaccinated when they have the chance, follow safe management measures and see a doctor if they develop symptoms.
Prof Fisher added: "We all can do well to just go out less for the next few weeks... Nobody wants a circuit breaker, but we know the Government will do it if necessary."
Market all red in anticipation.
Another "self proclaimed expert" who does not know what the fuck he is talking about.Do the right thing to avoid second circuit breaker in Singapore, urge experts
It will only take one lapse or one irresponsible action for a potential super-spreading event to occur.
ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
Timothy Goh
May 14, 2021
SINGAPORE - Experts have warned that the Covid-19 crisis in Singapore could worsen quickly amid a growing number of unlinked cases and expanding clusters, but some here are still not seeing a doctor after developing symptoms.
The Covid-19 situation here is on a knife-edge, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said when he addressed Parliament on Tuesday (May 11).
The experts agree.
Speaking during his ministerial address on the pandemic, Mr Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic, said that the nation has a chance of getting things under control by the end of the month.
But he also warned against complacency, saying that the country's community case numbers can go either way over the next few weeks, and it will only take one lapse or one irresponsible action for a potential super-spreading event to occur.
As of Thursday, there were 11 active clusters here, with 15 unlinked cases in the community over the past week.
Professor Dale Fisher, from the Department of Medicine at the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, said he "couldn't agree more" with Mr Wong's statement.
The choice is between either controlling the increasing cases or clusters, or having to go into a second circuit breaker, he said.
"Lockdowns are very blunt but could be necessary if unlinked cases and new clusters continue to emerge. Now, as a community, we can act and hopefully avoid the restrictions becoming mandated by government," he said.
Dr Hannah Clapham, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, noted that this is not the first time Singaporeans have been told the situation is at a potential tipping point.
However, she added: "Unfortunately, it continues to be true each time. Because there has been a swift and effective response, we have not yet seen any of these tipping points turn into full blown community outbreaks.
"But it is exactly because the measures have been put in place that this hasn't happened, and this is what we are seeing now - the potential for lots of cases and therefore a tipping point. More measures are brought in to ensure this does not happen."
She added that the measures needed to keep things under control should decrease over time as more people here get vaccinated.
As of May 9, about 1.8 million people here had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Of this number, about 1.2 million had received their second dose as well.
Prof Fisher added that Singapore has not been in this state of the pandemic for "a long time". Pointing to the unlinked cases and number of clusters that are developing, he added: "Furthermore, Tan Tock Seng Hospital has lost a lot of its capacity, so that adds to the concerns over Singapore's hospital response."
The past week has also seen 14 Covid-19 cases who did not seek medical attention immediately despite developing symptoms of the coronavirus.
In one case, a 42-year-old man who works as an operating theatre technician at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, developed a cough on April 21, but did not seek medical treatment until May 10 - nearly three weeks later - after his cough worsened.
Dr Clapham said that such cases are especially concerning, and that people should seek medical attention when they develop symptoms.
"It is ideal if cases are detected as soon as possible, as this enables contact tracing to occur and other measures to be brought in as needed to control this transmission chain before we see many cases occurring," she explained.
Both experts urged people here to get vaccinated when they have the chance, follow safe management measures and see a doctor if they develop symptoms.
Prof Fisher added: "We all can do well to just go out less for the next few weeks... Nobody wants a circuit breaker, but we know the Government will do it if necessary."
The Ah Neh variant is no worse than any other variant of we would have seen India shoot to the top in deaths per million stats.
As it currently stands they are doing very well. Here is the latest data.
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