SINGAPORE — The first Covid-19 infection wave that Singapore has experienced since transitioning to Dorscon green is waning, although the more than 300 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised have added significant workload to the hospitals, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in Parliament on Tuesday (May 9). He said the wave peaked about two weeks ago at an estimated 4,000 infections...
It is of critical importance that people continue to take vaccinations based on MOH’s latest recommendations to keep the level of resilience high, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.SINGAPORE — The first Covid-19 infection wave that Singapore has experienced since transitioning to Dorscon green is waning, although the more than 300 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised have added significant workload to the hospitals, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in Parliament on Tuesday .
Singapore did not transition to Dorscon green because Covid-19 became a milder disease, as it remains a dangerous disease, he said. Based on data for the first four months of 2023, seniors aged 60 and above continued to be more vulnerable to developing severe illnesses if infected with Covid-19, Mr Ong said. But the incidence of severe illness was lower among those who had stayed updated on their vaccinations.
For those with minimum protection and kept their vaccination updated, meaning their last shot was less than 12 months ago, the incidence of severe illnesses was even lower, at 3.4 per cent, Ong said. On Tuesday, Ong also gave an update on myocarditis cases in response to a question from Dr Tan Wu Meng .
Some 32 per cent of these cases had initial symptoms reported within one day of vaccination, another 20 per cent reported within two days and another 24 per cent reported within one week.
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