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28 October 3432 covid case 15 deaths
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improvement from yesterday. thanks to pap.
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Death rate increased 50%!
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kpi achieved! better than sinkie stocks on sgx.
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Today, 15 out of 15 who died are fully vaccinated with mRNA spike protein manufacturing instructions.
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Mati: deaths means can save on oxygen and beds.
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The Delta update patch is here. Prepare to install!
Wong Casandra
Thu, 28 October 2021, 10:35 pm·3-min read
A woman takes her antigen rapid test under supervision at a quick test centre during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Singapore on 28 September, 2021. (PHOTO: Reuters)More
SINGAPORE — Singapore has recorded at least one case of a Delta coronavirus subvariant, believed to be more contagious than the dominant strain currently circulating here.
In response to media queries by Yahoo News Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that one imported case was infected with the subvariant, also known as AY.4.2, but added that there is no evidence of spread to the community.
"While its effects are still being studied, AY.4.2 is currently expected to be similar to other Delta subvariants in terms of transmissibility and severity of illness," said the MOH in its reply on Thursday (28 October) night.
The ministry did not elaborate on the case's current status or when it was detected.
According to data aggregator site outbreak.info, one case with the AY.4.2 subvariant, yet to be considered a "variant of concern", was detected in the city-state on 8 September.
The site extrapolates information from the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), the world's largest database of novel coronavirus genome sequences.
Deputy director of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Luo Yi-jun had also made reference to the subvariant being present in Singapore during a press conference, according to a Central News Agency article published on 22 October.
UK authorities said last week that it was monitoring the subvariant, which makes up 6 per cent of all analysed COVID-19 cases in the country for the week beginning 27 September and is “on an increasing trajectory”.
Some 22,000 cases of AY.4.2 have been detected in the UK and some 40 other countries, according to outbreak.info. A number of isolated cases of the subvariant have been detected in Russia, Israel, and the US.
UK and Russian experts have said the AY.4.2 may be some 10 per cent more infectious than the original Delta variant, the main driver behind COVID-19 surges across the world, and could ultimately replace it.
The subvariant has two mutations in its spike protein, which helps the coronavirus to invade the body’s cells.
These changes have also been seen in other variants but have not gone very far, said Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London in a Reuters report.
There is currently no evidence yet that the AY.4.2 has caused more severe disease or rendered vaccines ineffective.
India's health minister said on Tuesday that a government panel of experts would be looking into the subvariant.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking 20 variations of the Delta variant. Since May, the variant has become the dominant strain circulating in Singapore.
On Wednesday, the MOH confirmed a record 5,324 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, bringing the country's total case count to 184,419. Of the single-day record high, the ministry said that it is monitoring the "unusual surge" in cases within a relatively short window.
A total of 349 people have succumbed to the disease in the city-state, including 248 who have died this month.
One case of Delta COVID subvariant AY.4.2 detected in Singapore: MOH
Wong Casandra
Thu, 28 October 2021, 10:35 pm·3-min read
A woman takes her antigen rapid test under supervision at a quick test centre during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Singapore on 28 September, 2021. (PHOTO: Reuters)More
SINGAPORE — Singapore has recorded at least one case of a Delta coronavirus subvariant, believed to be more contagious than the dominant strain currently circulating here.
In response to media queries by Yahoo News Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that one imported case was infected with the subvariant, also known as AY.4.2, but added that there is no evidence of spread to the community.
"While its effects are still being studied, AY.4.2 is currently expected to be similar to other Delta subvariants in terms of transmissibility and severity of illness," said the MOH in its reply on Thursday (28 October) night.
The ministry did not elaborate on the case's current status or when it was detected.
According to data aggregator site outbreak.info, one case with the AY.4.2 subvariant, yet to be considered a "variant of concern", was detected in the city-state on 8 September.
The site extrapolates information from the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), the world's largest database of novel coronavirus genome sequences.
Deputy director of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Luo Yi-jun had also made reference to the subvariant being present in Singapore during a press conference, according to a Central News Agency article published on 22 October.
UK authorities said last week that it was monitoring the subvariant, which makes up 6 per cent of all analysed COVID-19 cases in the country for the week beginning 27 September and is “on an increasing trajectory”.
Some 22,000 cases of AY.4.2 have been detected in the UK and some 40 other countries, according to outbreak.info. A number of isolated cases of the subvariant have been detected in Russia, Israel, and the US.
UK and Russian experts have said the AY.4.2 may be some 10 per cent more infectious than the original Delta variant, the main driver behind COVID-19 surges across the world, and could ultimately replace it.
The subvariant has two mutations in its spike protein, which helps the coronavirus to invade the body’s cells.
These changes have also been seen in other variants but have not gone very far, said Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London in a Reuters report.
There is currently no evidence yet that the AY.4.2 has caused more severe disease or rendered vaccines ineffective.
India's health minister said on Tuesday that a government panel of experts would be looking into the subvariant.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking 20 variations of the Delta variant. Since May, the variant has become the dominant strain circulating in Singapore.
On Wednesday, the MOH confirmed a record 5,324 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, bringing the country's total case count to 184,419. Of the single-day record high, the ministry said that it is monitoring the "unusual surge" in cases within a relatively short window.
A total of 349 people have succumbed to the disease in the city-state, including 248 who have died this month.
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Were they also old farts like Colin Powell?
Compare the 160th media's response now to back when the partially/non-vaccinated 20+ year old and 30+ year old died. Big bold headlines.
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Looking forward to those vaxxed travel lanes bring in the tourists.
Seems like deja vu to me: MOH playing down the situation to reassure the kancheong Sinkies.
By the way, love the way they just called it a 'subvariant' instead of its proper name: Delta Plus.
No cases of Delta Plus Covid-19 variant detected in Singapore
JUN 24, 2021https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no-cases-of-delta-plus-variant-detected-in-singapore-dms
What you need to know about the new Covid-19 Delta Plus variant AY.4.2
OCT 20, 2021https://www.straitstimes.com/world/...bout-the-new-covid-19-delta-plus-variant-ay42
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All dead are vaccinated.
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No lah. can dine in and go to mall so it is still happy and ok.
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I dined, drank and shopped so much already. Did everything liao, guess it's time to depart.
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ok, ok, 15 dead all vaccinated, so i guess i will have less friends pestering me to get vaccinated from now on.....
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recall zorro lim...maybe he can downturn the upturn in the covid numbers.
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If vaccination does not prevent infection and transmission, mathematically Covid would strike many more vaccinated ones as the population has a very high vaccination rate.
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