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[COVID-19 Virus] The Sinkies are fucked Thread.
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KNN on the bright side this can then leelee tell if vaccines works KNN if the ongoing infections consists mainlee all the non vaccinated then more sinkies will rush for vaccination KNN
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At the end of the day, all the SafeEntry and Tracetogether nonsense didn't work. Hardly anyone will remember or bother to check if they had been at the same place, same time as those infected people.
Expect more retail casualties.
Expect more retail casualties.
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about 6.9% breakthrough cases for mrna vaccines which means collective efficacy is around 93.1%. still good.
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everytime i hear about safeentry and tracetogether i get a hardon.At the end of the day, all the SafeEntry and Tracetogether nonsense didn't work. Hardly anyone will remember or bother to check if they had been at the same place, same time as those infected people.
Expect more retail casualties.
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Israel was successful in it’s vaccination program bcoz they banned all travelers from entering their country. Singapore was rolling out vaccination efforts, yet accepting ppl from high risk countries like India n PNG."Don't you want to protect yourself and your loved ones? Even Loong got vaccinated, tee hee!"
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If the pandemic is over, SafeEntry and Tracetogether might be helpful to detect cheating cases e.g. unfaithful spouse, industrial espionage.
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Loong was making a gamble: stockpile a shitton of vaccines and use that as leverage to convince other countries to open up (travel bubbles). He sincerely believes that 'herd immunity' will kick in once around 80% of the population is vaccinated. Good luck to him and his 'experts'.
P.S: HSA still evaluating those Sinovac vaccines?
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seems like singapore kana so jialat n spread everywhere becos of ccp chinese....!!!now who is the fking cb ?indians or ccp chinese?
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-wuhan-virus
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wow wow...seems like ccp chinese are the cb one spreading virus into singapore...
knn ..n wumao ....watch ur back first before u tok others.cb kias...
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Appo,Your news are from 2020. The year is now 2021. Chinese nationals havethe decency now to know not to travel irresponsibly n spread the virus.
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No the pigvoterrs are
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KNN my uncle know when such things happened to ttsh pap will allocate leesources to handle covid there for facesee KNN all other medical conditions will become secondary importance KNN
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7 family members of ICA officer test positive for COVID-19, including 3-year-old boy
30 Apr 2021 02:08AM
Singapore
Airport staff wearing protective face masks walk along the transit hall of Changi Airport Terminal 1. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
(Updated: 30 Apr 2021 02:10AM)
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SINGAPORE: Seven COVID-19 community cases have been linked to an Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer whose infection was confirmed on Tuesday (Apr 27), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday.
All seven are Singaporeans and are family members of the 38-year-old man, including his 3-year-old nephew who tested positive.
They had all been placed on quarantine earlier after being identified as close contacts of the man, who is identified as Case 62517.
"All eight had gathered for a meal on Apr 25, where transmission was likely to have taken place," MOH said.
They have been identified as Cases 62571, 62572, 62576, 62583, 62594, 62595 and 62597.
The seven family members were among 16 new community cases reported in Singapore on Thursday, the most reported in one day in more than nine months.
READ: 16 new community COVID-19 cases in Singapore, highest in more than 9 months
READ: Authorities quarantine 32 ICA officers deployed at Changi Airport who are close contacts of COVID-19 case
3-YEAR-OLD WHO TESTED POSITIVE AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS
Case 62571 is a 39-year-old man who works as a security officer at ION Orchard and as a private-hire car driver. His last day of work was Tuesday and was placed under quarantine on the same day.
The man developed a cough on Wednesday, but did not report this symptom. However, he was tested for COVID-19 on the same day and his test came back positive later that day.
Case 62572 is the 3-year-old the nephew of the ICA officer. He last attended school on Apr 22, and he was also placed under quarantine on Tuesday.
The boy developed a fever on Wednesday, and his parents reported his symptom. On the same day, he was tested for COVID-19, and his test came back positive later that day. He was taken to the National University Hospital on Thursday.
READ: Second ward in Tan Tock Seng Hospital locked down; 2 more staff members, 6 patients positive for COVID-19
Case 62576 is a 33-year-old housewife who is asymptomatic. She was also placed under quarantine on Tuesday and tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The wife of the ICA officer, a 32-year-old who works as a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), is also part of the cluster.
Identified as Case 62583, she was placed under quarantine on Apr 28, MOH said. She tested positive for COVID-19 later that day and is asymptomatic.
MOH added that she is not linked to the separate TTSH cluster of COVID-19 infections.
"She does not work in Ward 9D or Ward 7D," MOH said.
"Based on our epidemiological investigation, there is no link between Case 62583 and the TTSH cluster.
"However, the testing of all staff in TTSH wards will serve as an additional check on this," said the ministry.
The officer's father, who lives in the same household as him, also tested positive for COVID-19 during quarantine.
The 72-year-old retiree, who is asymptomatic, was placed under quarantine on Tuesday and tested positive on Thursday. He is identified as Case 62594.
Case 62595 is a 65-year-old man who works as a telephone operator at the Goodwood Park Hotel. His last day at work was on Tuesday, and he was placed under quarantine on the same day.
He is asymptomatic and tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The remaining infection in the cluster is Case 62597, a 38-year-old technical officer at SP PowerGrid.
He was placed under quarantine on Tuesday and developed a cough and body aches the next day.
He was tested for COVID-19, and his test came back positive on Thursday.
READ: Tan Tock Seng Hospital to redirect some A&E cases to other hospitals after COVID-19 cluster emerges
ICA OFFICER AT CHANGI AIRPORT
The ICA officer, who had been deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 1, tested positive on Apr 27, after he sought treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for a fever, loss of sense of smell and body aches.
A few days before that, on Apr 23, he had developed a cough and was given two days of medical leave by a general practitioner.
His previous swabs from routine testing, the last being on Apr 22, were negative for the coronavirus.
MOH said he had not gone to work after the onset of symptoms.
READ: Junction 8, VivoCity, Bugis Junction among places visited by COVID-19 cases during infectious period
ACTIVE CLUSTERS
Singapore now has eight active COVID-19 clusters, including one linked to a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
There are three cases in the cluster linked to a 79-year-old Indian national who travelled from India to visit his son, a Singapore permanent resident. The son, who had requested to take care of his mother at a quarantine facility, was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Apr 24.
One cluster of seven cases is linked to a resident at Westlite Woodlands dormitory, while another cluster involves Indonesian sea crew members.
There is a cluster linked to an accountant at OM Universal. Her son and husband who is a restaurant manager have tested positive. Their infections are linked to a household contact - an imported case who was "probably re-infected" in India, MOH said previously.
Three cases are in the cluster involving a National University of Singapore researcher, and there are four cases linked to a man who arrived from Papua New Guinea for a work project.
As of Thursday, Singapore has reported a total of 61,121 COVID-19 cases and 30 fatalities.
30 Apr 2021 02:08AM
Singapore
Airport staff wearing protective face masks walk along the transit hall of Changi Airport Terminal 1. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
(Updated: 30 Apr 2021 02:10AM)
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SINGAPORE: Seven COVID-19 community cases have been linked to an Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer whose infection was confirmed on Tuesday (Apr 27), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday.
All seven are Singaporeans and are family members of the 38-year-old man, including his 3-year-old nephew who tested positive.
They had all been placed on quarantine earlier after being identified as close contacts of the man, who is identified as Case 62517.
"All eight had gathered for a meal on Apr 25, where transmission was likely to have taken place," MOH said.
They have been identified as Cases 62571, 62572, 62576, 62583, 62594, 62595 and 62597.
The seven family members were among 16 new community cases reported in Singapore on Thursday, the most reported in one day in more than nine months.
READ: 16 new community COVID-19 cases in Singapore, highest in more than 9 months
READ: Authorities quarantine 32 ICA officers deployed at Changi Airport who are close contacts of COVID-19 case
3-YEAR-OLD WHO TESTED POSITIVE AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS
Case 62571 is a 39-year-old man who works as a security officer at ION Orchard and as a private-hire car driver. His last day of work was Tuesday and was placed under quarantine on the same day.
The man developed a cough on Wednesday, but did not report this symptom. However, he was tested for COVID-19 on the same day and his test came back positive later that day.
Case 62572 is the 3-year-old the nephew of the ICA officer. He last attended school on Apr 22, and he was also placed under quarantine on Tuesday.
The boy developed a fever on Wednesday, and his parents reported his symptom. On the same day, he was tested for COVID-19, and his test came back positive later that day. He was taken to the National University Hospital on Thursday.
READ: Second ward in Tan Tock Seng Hospital locked down; 2 more staff members, 6 patients positive for COVID-19
Case 62576 is a 33-year-old housewife who is asymptomatic. She was also placed under quarantine on Tuesday and tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The wife of the ICA officer, a 32-year-old who works as a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), is also part of the cluster.
Identified as Case 62583, she was placed under quarantine on Apr 28, MOH said. She tested positive for COVID-19 later that day and is asymptomatic.
MOH added that she is not linked to the separate TTSH cluster of COVID-19 infections.
"She does not work in Ward 9D or Ward 7D," MOH said.
"Based on our epidemiological investigation, there is no link between Case 62583 and the TTSH cluster.
"However, the testing of all staff in TTSH wards will serve as an additional check on this," said the ministry.
The officer's father, who lives in the same household as him, also tested positive for COVID-19 during quarantine.
The 72-year-old retiree, who is asymptomatic, was placed under quarantine on Tuesday and tested positive on Thursday. He is identified as Case 62594.
Case 62595 is a 65-year-old man who works as a telephone operator at the Goodwood Park Hotel. His last day at work was on Tuesday, and he was placed under quarantine on the same day.
He is asymptomatic and tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The remaining infection in the cluster is Case 62597, a 38-year-old technical officer at SP PowerGrid.
He was placed under quarantine on Tuesday and developed a cough and body aches the next day.
He was tested for COVID-19, and his test came back positive on Thursday.
READ: Tan Tock Seng Hospital to redirect some A&E cases to other hospitals after COVID-19 cluster emerges
ICA OFFICER AT CHANGI AIRPORT
The ICA officer, who had been deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 1, tested positive on Apr 27, after he sought treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for a fever, loss of sense of smell and body aches.
A few days before that, on Apr 23, he had developed a cough and was given two days of medical leave by a general practitioner.
His previous swabs from routine testing, the last being on Apr 22, were negative for the coronavirus.
MOH said he had not gone to work after the onset of symptoms.
READ: Junction 8, VivoCity, Bugis Junction among places visited by COVID-19 cases during infectious period
ACTIVE CLUSTERS
Singapore now has eight active COVID-19 clusters, including one linked to a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
There are three cases in the cluster linked to a 79-year-old Indian national who travelled from India to visit his son, a Singapore permanent resident. The son, who had requested to take care of his mother at a quarantine facility, was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Apr 24.
One cluster of seven cases is linked to a resident at Westlite Woodlands dormitory, while another cluster involves Indonesian sea crew members.
There is a cluster linked to an accountant at OM Universal. Her son and husband who is a restaurant manager have tested positive. Their infections are linked to a household contact - an imported case who was "probably re-infected" in India, MOH said previously.
Three cases are in the cluster involving a National University of Singapore researcher, and there are four cases linked to a man who arrived from Papua New Guinea for a work project.
As of Thursday, Singapore has reported a total of 61,121 COVID-19 cases and 30 fatalities.
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No need to be paranoid about TTSH cluster, say experts
The Covid-19 cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) is of concern, but the focus now should be on making sure that it does not spread, said several experts.
As the pandemic rages on elsewhere, the development is a reminder that hospitals are vulnerable and infection control needs to be taken extremely seriously.
The cluster emerged at TTSH following the diagnosis on Tuesday of a nurse who works in a general ward.
All close contacts of the cases, including patients, visitors and staff who had been in the ward, will be placed on quarantine, and TTSH has stopped all visitors to the hospital while investigations are ongoing.
UNFORGIVING
Professor Dale Fisher, a senior infectious diseases consultant at the National University Hospital, said: "We know Covid-19 is very unforgiving.
"Such a cluster could have occurred anywhere, and we just have to make sure that if there is a case at a hospital, it will be picked up and not allowed to spread."
Associate Professor Jeremy Lim from the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health said the development is worrying and warrants even more prudence, but there is no need to be paranoid.
He urged people not to speculate about what happened until investigation results are out.
Prof Fisher agreed, saying: "Until the investigation is undertaken, it won't be clear where the breach happened.
"But so far, all the rules have shown great outcomes and kept the hospitals transmission-free."
Although this is the first hospital cluster in Singapore, it is not the first hospital transmission.
That happened in March last year at Singapore General Hospital when a 77-year-old man, who was in the same ward as another patient who was later diagnosed with Covid-19, was infected. No cluster emerged from it.
Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, an infectious diseases expert at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said it is fortunate that the majority of hospital staff have been vaccinated.
Vaccination gives more than 90 per cent protection against severe illness and death. But people might still get infected and could also transmit the disease, although the risk of transmission should be lower than in someone who has not been vaccinated.
A study by Public Health England published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday found that people who have had one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine were "38 per cent to 49 per cent less likely to pass the virus on".
Prof Fisher said that in spite of the best efforts to minimise risks, "in reality, on occasion, breaches are somewhat inevitable".
REMINDER
Prof Hsu added: "It is a reminder of how difficult and challenging it is to contain such a virus when we have a Covid-19 cluster in the hospital that has the most experience in Singapore in dealing with major epidemics."
TTSH is next to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, and both are part of the National Healthcare Group. TTSH was also the epicentre in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome during the 2003 outbreak in Singapore.
On the Covid-19 cases detected at TTSH, Prof Fisher said: "Overseas, there are countless occasions (of hospital infections).
"It is a timely reminder that hospitals are vulnerable and infection prevention and control processes need to be rigidly undertaken."
Dr Asok Kurup, who chairs the Academy of Medicine's Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians, thinks Singapore may have "inadvertently imported some cases into the country which have fallen through the cracks and infiltrated the community".
He added: "We are probably going to see more clusters. We have to be very vigilant so that a huge wave does not follow.
"In addition, whether these are new variant strains or potentially more infectious ones remain to be seen."
The Covid-19 cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) is of concern, but the focus now should be on making sure that it does not spread, said several experts.
As the pandemic rages on elsewhere, the development is a reminder that hospitals are vulnerable and infection control needs to be taken extremely seriously.
The cluster emerged at TTSH following the diagnosis on Tuesday of a nurse who works in a general ward.
All close contacts of the cases, including patients, visitors and staff who had been in the ward, will be placed on quarantine, and TTSH has stopped all visitors to the hospital while investigations are ongoing.
UNFORGIVING
Professor Dale Fisher, a senior infectious diseases consultant at the National University Hospital, said: "We know Covid-19 is very unforgiving.
"Such a cluster could have occurred anywhere, and we just have to make sure that if there is a case at a hospital, it will be picked up and not allowed to spread."
Associate Professor Jeremy Lim from the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health said the development is worrying and warrants even more prudence, but there is no need to be paranoid.
He urged people not to speculate about what happened until investigation results are out.
Prof Fisher agreed, saying: "Until the investigation is undertaken, it won't be clear where the breach happened.
"But so far, all the rules have shown great outcomes and kept the hospitals transmission-free."
Although this is the first hospital cluster in Singapore, it is not the first hospital transmission.
That happened in March last year at Singapore General Hospital when a 77-year-old man, who was in the same ward as another patient who was later diagnosed with Covid-19, was infected. No cluster emerged from it.
Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, an infectious diseases expert at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said it is fortunate that the majority of hospital staff have been vaccinated.
Vaccination gives more than 90 per cent protection against severe illness and death. But people might still get infected and could also transmit the disease, although the risk of transmission should be lower than in someone who has not been vaccinated.
A study by Public Health England published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday found that people who have had one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine were "38 per cent to 49 per cent less likely to pass the virus on".
Prof Fisher said that in spite of the best efforts to minimise risks, "in reality, on occasion, breaches are somewhat inevitable".
REMINDER
Prof Hsu added: "It is a reminder of how difficult and challenging it is to contain such a virus when we have a Covid-19 cluster in the hospital that has the most experience in Singapore in dealing with major epidemics."
TTSH is next to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, and both are part of the National Healthcare Group. TTSH was also the epicentre in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome during the 2003 outbreak in Singapore.
On the Covid-19 cases detected at TTSH, Prof Fisher said: "Overseas, there are countless occasions (of hospital infections).
"It is a timely reminder that hospitals are vulnerable and infection prevention and control processes need to be rigidly undertaken."
Dr Asok Kurup, who chairs the Academy of Medicine's Chapter of Infectious Disease Physicians, thinks Singapore may have "inadvertently imported some cases into the country which have fallen through the cracks and infiltrated the community".
He added: "We are probably going to see more clusters. We have to be very vigilant so that a huge wave does not follow.
"In addition, whether these are new variant strains or potentially more infectious ones remain to be seen."
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