Increase in imported covid-19 cases - only a matter of time before it spreads into the community

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24 Apr (Sat) - 23 cases, 5 community cases, 18 imported.
25 Apr (Sun) - 40 cases. All imported.
26 Apr (Mon) - 45 cases. 1 community case, 1 dormitory case. 43 imported. The 45 cases are the highest number since Jan 30, when there were 58 reported cases.
27 Apr (Tue) - 12 cases. 1 community case. 11 imported.
28 Apr (Wed) - 23 cases. 3 community cases. 20 imported.
29 Apr (Thu) - 35 cases. 16 community cases. 19 imported.
30 Apr (Fri) - 24 cases. 9 community cases. 15 imported.
1 May (Sat) - 34 cases. 7 community cases, 2 dormitory cases, 25 imported.
2 May (Sun) - 39 cases. 14 community cases, 25 imported.
3 May (Mon) - 17 cases. 10 community cases, 7 imported.
4 May (Tue) - 17 cases. 5 community cases, 10 imported.
5 May (Wed) - 16 cases. 1 community case, 15 imported.
6 May (Thu) - 18 cases. 2 community cases, 16 imported.

2 Covid-19 community infections among 18 new cases in S'pore; both are not linked to TTSH cluster

MOH confirmed two new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection on May 6, 2021.ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

Ng Wei Kai

MAY 6, 2021

SINGAPORE - There were 18 new coronavirus cases reported on Thursday (May 6), bringing Singapore's total to 61,286.
Of these, two were in the community, both of which are not linked to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster. There were none from the workers' dormitories.
The remaining 16 were imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
On Wednesday, there was one community case reported - a 59-year-old truck driver - whose infection prompted the opening of a new cluster centred on the Pasir Panjang Terminal.
The patient has been linked to three earlier reported cases.
He is employed by GKE Express Logistics, and was last at work on May 1.

He developed a fever and sore throat on Sunday, and remained at home. The next day, he sought medical treatment at a general practitioner clinic and was tested for Covid-19.
His result came back positive on Tuesday, and he was taken in an ambulance to Alexandra Hospital. His serology test result is pending, said MOH.
The earliest discovered patient in the cluster was a 23-year-old Indian national who works as a lashing specialist at the Pasir Panjang Terminal.
His Covid-19 infection was confirmed on April 10.

As a precautionary measure, MOH will carry out special testing operations to test port workers who have been deployed at the terminal.
This comes as community infections surge in Singapore, with cases increasing to 62 in the past week from 13 in the week before. Singapore now has 10 active Covid-19 clusters.
The number of unlinked cases has also risen to seven cases from six over the same period.

 

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24 Apr (Sat) - 23 cases, 5 community cases, 18 imported.
25 Apr (Sun) - 40 cases. All imported.
26 Apr (Mon) - 45 cases. 1 community case, 1 dormitory case. 43 imported. The 45 cases are the highest number since Jan 30, when there were 58 reported cases.
27 Apr (Tue) - 12 cases. 1 community case. 11 imported.
28 Apr (Wed) - 23 cases. 3 community cases. 20 imported.
29 Apr (Thu) - 35 cases. 16 community cases. 19 imported.
30 Apr (Fri) - 24 cases. 9 community cases. 15 imported.
1 May (Sat) - 34 cases. 7 community cases, 2 dormitory cases, 25 imported.
2 May (Sun) - 39 cases. 14 community cases, 25 imported.
3 May (Mon) - 17 cases. 10 community cases, 7 imported.
4 May (Tue) - 17 cases. 5 community cases, 10 imported.
5 May (Wed) - 16 cases. 1 community case, 15 imported.
6 May (Thu) - 18 cases. 2 community cases, 16 imported.
7 May (Fri) - 25 cases. 4 community cases, 21 imported.

4 Covid-19 community infections among 25 new cases in S'pore

There are four community infections among the new Covid-19 cases.PHOTO: ST FILE

Ng Wei Kai

May 7, 2021

SINGAPORE - There were 25 new coronavirus cases, including four in the community, reported on Friday at noon (May 7).
This takes Singapore's total number of cases to 61,311.
The other 21 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home-notice or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
There were no cases from the workers' dormitories. More details will be announced on Friday night.
Thursday saw two Covid-19 cases in the community. One has not been linked, while the other patient is linked to the Pasir Panjang Terminal cluster.
The unlinked patient is a fully-vaccinated cleaner who works at Changi Airport Terminal 3, said MOH. The 88-year-old Singaporean has not returned to work since he started having a runny nose and cough on Tuesday.

The cleaner, who is employed by Ramky Cleantech Services, sought medical treatment at a general practitioner's clinic, where he was tested for Covid-19. His test result came back positive on Wednesday, and he was taken to Sengkang General Hospital. His earlier tests from rostered routine testing - the last being on April 16 - were all negative for infection.
The cleaner had received his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Jan 22 and the second dose on Feb 15. His serological test result is pending, said MOH.
The second community case is a 22-year-old full time national serviceman with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and is linked to the Pasir Panjang Terminal cluster.
This takes the total number of cases linked to the cluster to five.

The permanent resident is a household contact of a 59-year-old trailer truck driver who was reported on Wednesday to have Covid-19.
He was quarantined on Tuesday after the trailer truck driver tested positive, and was immediately isolated while in Sembawang Camp.
On Wednesday, he was tested for the virus even though he is asymptomatic.
His test result came back positive the next day, and he was taken to Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.
His serology test result is negative, said MOH.

Separately, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that the SAF has carried out immediate and thorough disinfection of the premises the serviceman had been in.
"All personnel who had been identified as close contacts have also been swab tested and are under quarantine."
It is also in contact with the serviceman and his family to render support and assistance.
Overall, the number of new cases have increased to 48 cases in the past week from 28 in the week before. The number of unlinked cases have remained stable at seven cases over the same period.

There were also 16 new imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said MOH.
With 29 cases discharged on Thursday, 60,858 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 120 patients remain in hospital, including one in critical condition in intensive care. Another 262 patients are recuperating in community facilities.
Singapore has had 31 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

 

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24 Apr (Sat) - 23 cases, 5 community cases, 18 imported.
25 Apr (Sun) - 40 cases. All imported.
26 Apr (Mon) - 45 cases. 1 community case, 1 dormitory case. 43 imported. The 45 cases are the highest number since Jan 30, when there were 58 reported cases.
27 Apr (Tue) - 12 cases. 1 community case. 11 imported.
28 Apr (Wed) - 23 cases. 3 community cases. 20 imported.
29 Apr (Thu) - 35 cases. 16 community cases. 19 imported.
30 Apr (Fri) - 24 cases. 9 community cases. 15 imported.
1 May (Sat) - 34 cases. 7 community cases, 2 dormitory cases, 25 imported.
2 May (Sun) - 39 cases. 14 community cases, 25 imported.
3 May (Mon) - 17 cases. 10 community cases, 7 imported.
4 May (Tue) - 17 cases. 5 community cases, 10 imported.
5 May (Wed) - 16 cases. 1 community case, 15 imported.
6 May (Thu) - 18 cases. 2 community cases, 16 imported.
7 May (Fri) - 25 cases. 4 community cases, 21 imported.
8 May (Sat) - 20 cases. 7 community cases, 13 imported.

7 new Covid-19 community cases in S'pore, including 2 linked to previous cases

MOH confirmed seven new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection on May 8, 2021.PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Ang Qing

May 8, 2021

SINGAPORE - There were 20 new coronavirus cases, including seven in the community, reported on Saturday at noon (May 8).
Of the seven cases, two are linked to previous cases and had already been placed on quarantine. This takes Singapore's total number of cases to 61,331.
The other 13 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among them were nine Singaporeans or permanent residents.
There were no cases from the workers' dormitories.
More details will be announced on Saturday night.
On Friday, four Covid-19 cases were reported in the community. Three were unlinked while one case is linked to the Pasir Panjang Terminal cluster.

The first unlinked case is a 72-year-old Singaporean retiree who had been sent to Raffles Hospital for a heart condition on Wednesday.
The man tested positive for Covid-19 the next day even though he was asymptomatic, and his serology test also came back positive - indicating he could be shedding minute fragments of the virus RNA from a past infection which are no longer transmissible and infective to others, said MOH.
"But given that we are not able to definitively conclude when he had been infected, we will take all the necessary public health actions as a precautionary measure," said the ministry.
The ministry said the man routinely visited Tan Tock Seng Hospital Eye Centre for an eye condition, and his last visit was on April 23. He had not been at any of the affected wards and investigations have so far found no evidence that he is linked to the hospital cluster.

The second unlinked community case is a cleaner who works at Park Avenue Rochester, which is a SHN dedicated facility.
The 53-year-old Singaporean did not interact with guests at the hotel.
She developed a runny nose and sore throat at the end of her work day on Wednesday, and a fever the next day.
She sought medical treatment at a general practitioner's clinic and her test result for Covid-19 came back positive on Friday. She was then taken to Singapore General Hospital.
Her serological test result is pending. She had earlier tested negative for the virus during rostered routine testing - the last being on March 29.

Both the cleaner and the retiree had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, MOH said.
The third unlinked case is a senior executive at ship management service company IGWT who mostly works from home. The 48-year-old permanent resident goes onto ships periodically for work, and last boarded one on March 1, MOH said.
The fourth community case is a 58-year-old Singaporean who is linked to the Pasir Panjang Terminal cluster. The unemployed man is a family member and household contact of the 59-year-old trailer truck driver who was confirmed to have Covid-19 on Tuesday. His serology test result is negative.
There were also 21 imported cases who were placed on SHN on arrival in Singapore, said MOH.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 441 million people. Over 3.27 million people have died.

 

[Leongsam]

How many are actually sick?

 

[Rogue Trader]

How many are actually sick?

Since I'm stuck outside waiting for the rain to stop I'll indulge you ...

Remember the call to "flatten the curve" last year?

Assuming 1% of people who contract covid will have severe symptoms that require hospital treatment for 10 days. Without prevention and control the healthcare system will be overwhelmed.

In India covid didn't kill >3000 ah nehs daily as much as the ill-prepared healthcare failure did.

So yes.. we'll eventually get infected by covid... And it might or might not make us ill. But let's not be an idiot and crash the hospital system

 

[Leongsam]

Since I'm stuck outside waiting for the rain to stop I'll indulge you ...

Remember the call to "flatten the curve" last year?

Assuming 1% of people who contract covid will have severe symptoms that require hospital treatment for 10 days. Without prevention and control the healthcare system will be overwhelmed.

In India covid didn't kill >3000 ah nehs daily as much as the ill-prepared healthcare failure did.

So yes.. we'll eventually get infected by covid... And it might or might not make us ill. But let's not be an idiot and crash the hospital system

The initial "flatten the curve" response was correct. It was supposed to give everyone time to boost ICU capacity and increase ventilator stock.

However it morphed very quickly in many countries into a zero covid strategy which is absolutely unattainable. NZ and OZ are two such countries that will have to accept the fact that once everyone is vaccinated the country will have to open up and Covid deaths will go from zero to hundreds or even thousands of deaths a year. In other words .... just like the flu.

 

[Rogue Trader]

In other words .... just like the flu.

Whatever communicative disease - even if it's the flu or lice or Ebola - with R number of >1 needs to be controlled with quarantine. Nothing wrong with aiming for zero infections. You aim for the stars so that you can reach the moon.

will have to accept the fact that once everyone is vaccinated the country will have to open up

This Covid vaccination rollout is another matter that brings more risks to the pandemic situation.

But it's your health so it's your choice to believe in a trial medicine

 

[capamerica]

How many are actually sick?

As you are too stupid to understand why this matters, why even ask?

 

[capamerica]

The initial "flatten the curve" response was correct. It was supposed to give everyone time to boost ICU capacity and increase ventilator stock.

However it morphed very quickly in many countries into a zero covid strategy which is absolutely unattainable. NZ and OZ are two such countries that will have to accept the fact that once everyone is vaccinated the country will have to open up and Covid deaths will go from zero to hundreds or even thousands of deaths a year. In other words .... just like the flu.

Wrong. Again. Call it 0 for 179 tries.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201218/covid-19-is-far-more-lethal-damaging-than-flu-data-shows#1

OVID Far More Lethal Than Flu, Data Shows
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is far more harmful and deadly than the seasonal flu, new studies confirm.
Researchers analyzed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data on more than 3,600 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between Feb. 1 and June 17 of this year, and more than 12,600 hospitalized with the flu between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2019. The average age of patients in both groups was 69.
The death rate among COVID-19 patients was 18.5%, while it was 5.3% for those with the flu. Those with COVID were nearly five times more likely to die than flu patients, according to the study published online Dec. 15 in the BMJ.
COVID-19 patients with the highest risk of death included those aged 75 and older who also had chronic kidney disease or dementia, and Blacks who were obese, or who had diabetes or kidney disease.
The study also found that COVID-19 patients were four times more likely to require breathing machines, nearly 2.5 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care, and stayed in the hospital an average of three days longer than flu patients.
A separate study from France, published online Dec. 17 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, arrived at similar conclusions: Nearly twice as many people were admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic than were for influenza at the peak of the 2018/2019 flu season. And the death rate was almost three times higher.

The French team, led by Dr. Pascale Tubert-Bitter, research director at L'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), and Catherine Quantin, from the University Hospital of Dijon and Inserm, compared data from COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital over a two-month period in spring 2020 with influenza patients admitted over a three-month period during the seasonal flu outbreak of 2018/2019.
"The finding that the COVID-19 death rate was three times higher than for seasonal influenza is particularly striking when reminded that the 2018/2019 flu season had been the worst in the past five years in France in terms of number of deaths," Quantin noted in a Lancet news release.

 

[Leongsam]

Whatever communicative disease - even if it's the flu or lice or Ebola - with R number of >1 needs to be controlled with quarantine. Nothing wrong with aiming for zero infections. You aim for the stars so that you can reach the moon.


This Covid vaccination rollout is another matter that brings more risks to the pandemic situation.

But it's your health so it's your choice to believe in a trial medicine

Nature will take care of the Ro. There is nothing that humans do that can change it.

 

[capamerica]

Nature will take care of the Ro. There is nothing that humans do that can change it.

Wrong. Again. Call it 0 for 180 tries.

 

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24 Apr (Sat) - 23 cases, 5 community cases, 18 imported.
25 Apr (Sun) - 40 cases. All imported.
26 Apr (Mon) - 45 cases. 1 community case, 1 dormitory case. 43 imported. The 45 cases are the highest number since Jan 30, when there were 58 reported cases.
27 Apr (Tue) - 12 cases. 1 community case. 11 imported.
28 Apr (Wed) - 23 cases. 3 community cases. 20 imported.
29 Apr (Thu) - 35 cases. 16 community cases. 19 imported.
30 Apr (Fri) - 24 cases. 9 community cases. 15 imported.
1 May (Sat) - 34 cases. 7 community cases, 2 dormitory cases, 25 imported.
2 May (Sun) - 39 cases. 14 community cases, 25 imported.
3 May (Mon) - 17 cases. 10 community cases, 7 imported.
4 May (Tue) - 17 cases. 5 community cases, 10 imported.
5 May (Wed) - 16 cases. 1 community case, 15 imported.
6 May (Thu) - 18 cases. 2 community cases, 16 imported.
7 May (Fri) - 25 cases. 4 community cases, 21 imported.
8 May (Sat) - 20 cases. 7 community cases, 13 imported.
9 May (Sun) - 28 cases. 10 community cases, 18 imported.

Why are there imported cases in the first place?
Aren't the passengers required to have a negative test before they board the plane?
If the tests are not reliable, or if the test results are faked, what has SG Immigration done to address this abuse?

10 new Covid-19 community cases in S'pore, including 5 linked to previous cases

This takes Singapore's total number of cases to 61,359.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Jean Iau

May 9, 2021

SINGAPORE - There were 28 new coronavirus cases, including 10 in the community, reported on Sunday (May 9).
Of the 10 cases, five are linked to previous cases and had already been placed under quarantine. This takes Singapore's total number of cases to 61,359.
The other 18 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among them were 11 Singaporeans or permanent residents.
There were no cases from the workers' dormitories.
More details will be announced on Sunday night.
On Saturday three men working at Changi Airport were among seven new Covid-19 community cases reported.

As a precaution, MOH said it will test all staff working at Changi Airport Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, and Jewel.
The first case is a 57-year-old aviation officer who screens departing and transiting passengers at Changi Airport Terminals 1 and 3.
The Singaporean was tested for Covid-19 as part of rostered routine testing (RRT) on Wednesday and developed a sore throat in the evening but did not seek medical treatment, said MOH. He went to work the next day, and his sore throat worsened.
On Friday, his pooled test result came back positive and an individual swab taken also tested positive on the same day. His earlier tests from RRT - the last being on April 23 - were all negative for the virus. His serology test result is pending, said MOH.

The second case is a 47-year-old cleaner who works for Ramky Cleantech Services and was deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 3.
The work permit holder is asymptomatic and was detected as part of RRT on Wednesday. He was taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) where an individual test was done.
His test result came back positive on Friday. His earlier tests from RRT - the last being on April 21 - were all negative for Covid-19. The ministry has assessed that his case is likely a recent infection despite his positive serology test.
The cleaner had received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Jan 29 and the second dose on Feb 19.
The third employee at Changi Airport is a 33-year-old safety coordinator who works for Shimizu Corporation. He is deployed at Terminal 3 but does not interact with passengers.
He was tested for Covid-19 as part of RRT on Tuesday. He developed a fever after work on Wednesday and sought medical treatment at a general practitioner clinic the next day, where he was tested for Covid-19.
His test result came back positive on Friday, as did his RRT pooled test result, and he was conveyed to NCID. His serology test result has come back negative, MOH said.
The fourth case is a part-time GrabFood delivery man who also works in the maritime sector. The 40-year-old Singaporean also works for Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing as an operations assistant at Keppel Distripark.
He is asymptomatic, and was detected when he was tested on Tuesday as part of RRT. His pooled test result came back positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday and he was taken to NCID the next day, where an individual test was done.
His earlier tests from RRT - the last being on 14 March - were all negative for Covid-19 infection. His serology test result has come back positive, which suggests past infection, but the Health Ministry has assessed that this is likely a recent infection.
He had not been at Pasir Panjang Terminal and his case is unlinked, MOH said.
The fifth case is a 18-year-old Victoria Junior College student who was last in school on Wednesday.
All the five cases are unlinked.
The remaining two community cases are linked to the Pasir Panjang Terminal cluster, taking the case tally for the cluster to eight.
They are family members and household contacts of three previous cases linked to the cluster. They were quarantined on Wednesday after being identified as close contacts of a trailer truck driver who works at Pasir Panjang Terminal and Brani Terminal.
One of them is a car mechanic who visits Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) camps but he does not interact with SAF personnel, said MOH.
Separately, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday night (May 8) that he last visited Clementi Camp on Tuesday. He had minimal contact with SAF personnel, none of whom has been identified as a close contact.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has risen from 37 in the week before to 43 in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at 10 per week in the past two weeks.
There were also 13 imported cases, taking Singapore's total number of Covid-19 cases to 61,331.
With six cases discharged on Saturday, 60,897 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 133 patients remain in hospital, including two in critical condition in the intensive care. Another 255 patients are recuperating in community facilities.
Singapore has had 31 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 156 million people. Over 3.27 million people have died.

 

[gingerlyn]

How many clusters now?

 

[Rogue Trader]

Nature will take care of the Ro. There is nothing that humans do that can change it.

If the human race had submitted to Nature so easily we wouldn't have built a civilisation

 

[Leongsam]

If the human race had submitted to Nature so easily we wouldn't have built a civilisation

The human race has advanced by adapting to and harnessing nature not by confronting it head on.

 

[republicunt]

The human race has advanced by adapting to and harnessing nature not by confronting it head on.

Maybe better u find other forum to post

No one like u here

 

[capamerica]

Maybe better u find other forum to post

No one like u here

He is the most stupid person on any Singapore-centric platform I have found

And look at this relic @eatshitndie as well.

Only in the Shit Times, a forum with no readers, no semblance of any purpose at all.

 

[Rogue Trader]

The human race has advanced by adapting to and harnessing nature not by confronting it head on.

 

[Leongsam]

Maybe better u find other forum to post

No one like u here

I'm not here to participate in a popularity contest. I'm here to expound my wisdom and expunge stupidity.

Those who don't like me can fuck off from this forum.

 

[bobby]

Allow infected foreigners to come in and restrict local healthy Singaporeans & small businesses....that's the gahmen the 61% voted for.