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Anyone cheering yesterday's big reduction in reported cases (618) should be aware of this report:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...itories-changing-covid-19-diagnostic-12677140
"The numbers are not really coming down, its a function of the [reduction in swab] tests." - Prof. Dale Fisher, NUS
Essentially, MOH has now stopped doing swab tests for dorms with huge number of cases. Anyone with symptoms in those dorms are assumed to have COVID, but they are not added to the total number of confirmed cases (since they are "assumed", not "confirmed").
I wish this point is highlighted more in news report. The public will otherwise have a false sense that things are stabilizing in the dorms.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...itories-changing-covid-19-diagnostic-12677140
"The numbers are not really coming down, its a function of the [reduction in swab] tests." - Prof. Dale Fisher, NUS
Essentially, MOH has now stopped doing swab tests for dorms with huge number of cases. Anyone with symptoms in those dorms are assumed to have COVID, but they are not added to the total number of confirmed cases (since they are "assumed", not "confirmed").
I wish this point is highlighted more in news report. The public will otherwise have a false sense that things are stabilizing in the dorms.