Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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It’s alr 6061 cases as of this morning. Look at the graph & how it spiked within a short time compared to SARS.
I’m hoping MOE announce 14 days no sch to reduce public contact. We’ve many Chinese students within our many sch communities incl teachers. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1961019\" time=\"1580265286\" user_id=\"66413:
can Call MOE contact center to feedback
It’s alr 6061 cases as of this morning. Look at the graph & how it spiked within a short time compared to SARS.
I’m hoping MOE announce 14 days no sch to reduce public contact. We’ve many Chinese students within our many sch communities incl teachers. -
phtthp\" post_id=\"1960818\" time=\"1580113941\" user_id=\"35251:
Again, the govt is indecisive in their action.
In IP schools likeEstéema\" post_id=\"1960786\" time=\"1580098689\" user_id=\"66413:
Stepping Up Precautionary Measures against the Wuhan Coronavirus Infection: Leave of Absence for Students and Staff Returning from Mainland China
1. To enhance protection of our school students against the Wuhan coronavirus infection, MOE will be implementing a Leave of Absence (LOA) for students and staff returning from Mainland China. This will apply to all MOE schools, which include MOE Kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, Special Education (SPED) schools, Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). The LOA will be valid for a period of 14 days, starting from the day after arrival in Singapore. The LOA applies to students and staff from polytechnics and ITE who return from Mainland China on 14 January 2020 or later, and students and staff from schools who return from Mainland China on 15 January 2020 or later.
2. MOE had earlier instituted a range of measures including issuance of advisories to remind students and staff to practise good personal hygiene habits and how to stay safe during this period, requiring them to declare their travel history, and advising those who travelled to China to take their temperature regularly for 14 days upon their return. The latest LOA measure allows MOE to better mitigate the potential risks posed by travel in our schools and institutions, while enabling them to continue with their usual learning and other activities. Students on LOA will be supported via a home-based learning plan, which will enable them to continue with their learning.
3. MOE strongly advises students and their families to monitor their health and adopt good personal hygiene habits. Parents should seek immediate medical attention for their children if unwell, and ensure that their children recover fully before they return to school for classes. Schools will also start daily temperature taking exercises from Wednesday, 29 January 2020 when they reopen, and will monitor students and staff for any signs of flu-like symptoms.
4. MOE will continue to work closely with schools and institutions to keep them updated on the latest medical advice and developments of this Wuhan coronavirus infection.
For updates on the coronavirus situation, you can visit http://www.moh.gov.sg or sign up at go.gov.sg/whatsapp to receive the latest information via Whatsapp.
Nanyang Girls High and Hwa Chong Junior College
There are many IP Y1 to Y4 students and JC1 and JC2 students from China, studying in these 2 schools
After CNY over, after spring festival over,
these Teachers and students will fly back to Sg, from Wuhan, or from other parts of China. Singapore should quarantine these China Tr and students !
if there is any boarding school activity, Moe should also cancel all these boarding school activities. This is the WRONG time, to conduct any boarding school activities
Because
All u need is one student or Tr to start the virus chain of spread, and chaos arise.
Look at the way how Asian countries turned back Wuhan air flight coming into their country, prevent these Wuhan air flight from landing into their country airport
LOA (LEAVE OF ABSENCE) should be upgraded to QO (QURANTINE ORDER), since they already impose ban on visitors from Hubei or have travelled there.
LOA does not compel people to stay at home and has no legal force, unlike QO. If these people go out, they may infect others. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1961010\" time=\"1580263055\" user_id=\"66413:
Hearsay the virus can get into our body via eyes too. Anyway, I think the bottle idea is not that bad. It prevents you from touching your eyes, mouth, nose without realising that you are actually touching them.
Double protection? False sense of safety? A comic relieve for all the tensions out there?
https://postimg.cc/dLVj1Vcn -
lee_yl\" post_id=\"1960879\" time=\"1580185098\" user_id=\"17023:
It is nothing like H1N1. WHO estimates that the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 killed over 200,000. This thing is less virulent than your typical flu, although the mortality rate is higher. Nobody bats an eyelid when thousands die of flu induced pneumonia, especially when the particular strain originated... somewhere else.
DH thinks it’s going to be like H1N1, the virus will be contained and the epidemic will die off eventually.
I am grateful that China made the tough decision to lockdown Wuhan right before CNY to prevent further spreading of the virus. Right now, the community infection seems to be restricted to Wuhan and Hubei. -
Doctor’s advice from HK.
About the virus:
1. It is pretty large in size (cell is about 400-500nm diameter), so any normal mask (not just the N95 feature) should be able to filter it out. However, when someone who’s infected sneezes in front of you, it will take a great 3 meters (about 10 feet) before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
2. When the virus drops on metal surface, it will live for at least 12 hours. So remember if you come in contact with any metal surface, wash your hands with soap thoroughly.
3. The virus can remain active on fabric for 6-12 hours. Normal laundry detergent should kill the virus. For winter clothing that does not require daily washing, you can put it out under the sun to kill the virus.
About the symptoms of the pneumonia caused by Coronavirus:
1. It will first infect the throat, so the throat will have the dry sore throat feeling which will last for 3 to 4 days
2. Then the virus will blend into the nasal fluid and drips into the trachea and enter the lungs, causing pneumonia. This process will take 5 to 6 days.
3. With pneumonia, comes high fever and difficulty in breathing. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You will feel like you are drowning in water. It’s important to go seek immediate medical attention if you feel like this.
About prevention:
1. The most common way of getting infected is by touching things in public, so you must wash your hands frequently. The virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 mins, but a lot can happen in those 5-10 mins (you can rub your eyes or pick your nose unwittingly).
2. Aside from washing your hands frequently, you can gargle with Betadine Sore Throat Gargle to eliminate or minimize the germs while they are still in your throat (before dripping down to your lungs). -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1961019\" time=\"1580265286\" user_id=\"66413:
Yes, I also feel the same way as Esteema, should close schools for 2 weeks, do school online e learning at home
It’s alr 6061 cases as of this morning. Look at the graph & how it spiked within a short time compared to SARS.
I’m hoping MOE announce 14 days no sch to reduce public contact. We’ve many Chinese students within our many sch communities incl teachers. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1961019\" time=\"1580265286\" user_id=\"66413:
Usually there will be a spike and then it will die off?
It’s alr 6061 cases as of this morning. Look at the graph & how it spiked within a short time compared to SARS.
I’m hoping MOE announce 14 days no sch to reduce public contact. We’ve many Chinese students within our many sch communities incl teachers.
For SARS, the mortality rate is higher, around 10%. For the Wuhan virus, the mortality rate is lower, 6K infected but 100+ deaths so far.
That is why I asked earlier whether anyone has any idea how are the SG confirmed patients doing in our local hospitals? -
Current death alr reached 132 deaths.
Coronovirus spike is currently vertical. SARS spike climbs slower. We do not know the “devil” as Xi JinPing describes the monster to be, or how long it’ll lasts (whether it’ll surpass the SARS). It may abate by Jun/Jul or the coronovirus death sickle might slash more in the coming months.
On our way to wake last night, DH spotted many SG not wearing masks & cynically claimed that those wearing masks must be a PRC. Then we saw a Eurasian/Chinese couple. DH says female is PRC for sure. I slap him for discriminating & thot it might be an SG lady. A doc frd came to pay respect at funeral but standing at a corner declare he can’t get close to us & we’ve to chat fr a distance as he states that it’s his hospital protocol no close contact. Within just a short minute, he’s driven out of carpark. No time for niceties or proper greetings.
DS hv extra one day before returning to sch officially tmr. But I’m struggling now to instruct DS not to leave home but postpone his graded project discussion. He insisted, so gave strict instructions to wear masks moment out of house & to wash his hands once reach school compound.
Best to limit going out & expose ourselves.
Parents are signing online campaign to extend holiday for next 14 days. -
wah, this Wuhan virus so fast, last report was 4500 infected, 106 died, now shot up to
6000 infected, 132 death
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/wuhan-virus-china-death-toll-12363768
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