Covid-19 Update: Singapore is once again facing a new wave of Corona. Authorities have registered more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11. The cases are almost doubling week after week. The government has issued a health advisory asking people to wear masks again.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the estimated number of COVID-19 infections for the week of May 5 to 11 increased to 25,900, a 90% increase from 13,700 cases the previous week. The ministry said the average daily Covid-19 hospitalizations rose to about 250 from 181 a week earlier.
‘Corona wave is continuously increasing’
Singapore’s The Straits Times quoted Health Minister Ong Ye Kung as saying “We are in the early part of the wave where it is continuing to grow. So, I would say the wave will be in the next two to four weeks, between mid and late June.” This should be at its peak.” The Health Ministry said the average daily number of cases in intensive care was lower than last week. “MOH is closely monitoring the trajectory of this wave,” the ministry said.
The Health Ministry further said that in order to protect hospital bed capacity, public hospitals have been asked to reduce their non-urgent elective surgery cases and divert appropriate patients to transitional care facilities through mobile inpatient care homes. . Inpatient care homes provide patients with the option of being hospitalized in their own homes rather than in a hospital ward.
need to pay attention to the elderly
People have been urged not to seek treatment in hospital emergency departments if their symptoms are mild or they do not have any medical impairment. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung asked elderly persons, medically vulnerable persons and residents of aged care facilities to take an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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