Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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If this spread gets wider, Japan hv to bow lower to postpone ano year or two. Let’s hope US can contain itself & Indo don’t explode next to us.
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Where did I hear this phrase? Expect that change is the new constant…
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6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1966713\" time=\"1583985496\" user_id=\"145858:
It has been there for a long time..probably new for this particular issue
Where did I hear this phrase? Expect that change is the new constant...
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pirate\" post_id=\"1966667\" time=\"1583969516\" user_id=\"66252:
Actually they think she got it from her husband who went home in the Philippines to visit a relative with pneumonia.[/quote]Anyone heard anything about the NTFGH staff who came into contact with Case 82 who has both dengue and COVID-19? Case 82 has been in NTFGH since 19 Feb. She had to switch from general ward to isolation ward once she was tested positive on 18 Feb.
Case 167. This lady is a staff nurse at Ng Teng Feng Hospital.lee_yl\" post_id=\"1966663\" time=\"1583969151\" user_id=\"17023:
[quote=MyPillow post_id=1966637 time=1583931302 user_id=70594]12 cases today , 8 imported . Phili country should be quite a lot too, can import few cases in today
same goes to Eu Regions
Detailed cases can be read fr link here
https://mothership.sg/2020/03/covid-19-march-11-update/
She returned from Philippines on the 17th Feb and resumed work at NTFGH on the 18th Feb? She reported symptoms on 8th March and confirmed on 9th March.
Why we are so sure so got it from Philippines and not NTFGH? From 17th Feb to 8th March, that’s more than 14 days!
\"Case 82
6. Case 82 is a 57 year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to China. She is currently warded in an isolation room at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH).
7. She reported onset of symptoms on 9 February and had sought treatment at Jurong Polyclinic on 10 February and 14 February, as well as a general practitioner (GP) clinic on 12 February. She went to the emergency department at NTFGH on 13 February and 15 February, and was admitted as a dengue patient in a general ward on 15 February. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 18 February afternoon, and she was immediately transferred to an isolation room.
8. As a precautionary measure, the patients who had shared the same room as the case while she was in the general ward have been transferred to single rooms. They have been tested for COVID-19 infection, and the results are pending. So far, none of the contacts have any respiratory symptoms. Contact tracing of NTFGH staff who had been in contact with the case is underway. The room has also been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
9. Prior to hospital admission, she had mostly stayed at her home at Jurong West Street 41, except to seek medical treatment.\"
Hope this staff and other patients sharing the same general ward with Case 82 are well. -
:imdrowning: Who knows when will this end...
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Up to 70% of Germany could become infected......
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51835856
My friend who relocated to Germany didn't want to come back for CNY cos she said SG had the highest cases outside of China... Now don't wanna go back but no choice... This pandemic... -
isn4i\" post_id=\"1966638\" time=\"1583932272\" user_id=\"164193:
Didn't MOH already plug the loophole and backdate the cut-off to 7 Mar? That means Case 147 (confirmed 8 Mar), Case 152 (confirmed 8 Mar) and family member Case 170 (confirmed 10 Mar) will have to pay for NCID/SGH hospitalisation, treatments and drugs, except diagnostic swab tests.
Ya, both came to Singapore for medical treatment. Health Minister already said, if they cannot afford, Singapore will pay. But he also said, if they are already infected, they cannot be allowed in. This begets the question why Case 152 and Case 170 are accepted into Singapore healthcare services (most likely free).cutepandabear\" post_id=\"1966636\" time=\"1583931100\" user_id=\"150031:
Flies here and presents himself at the hospital on the same day. The woman, Case 170, also symptomatic before she flew, pretty much also went straight to hospital. Along the way, from Indonesia to Singapore, just imagine how many people they could potentially have infected; airport staff, airline crew, service staff and healthcare workers etc. So inconsiderate. On the face of it, looks like they came here just to get treatment.
Since 3 Mar, selected visitors have been requested to undergo nasal swab tests at our air/sea/land checkpoints, so these 3 Indons were also tested upon arrival. The lab results came in 3 or more hrs later, as such they were admitted to hospital on the same day or next.
I am now more concerned about those “钱不是问题” ones who are willing to fork out 6-digits for our treatment here. Sure, they will agree to testing, and while waiting for the lab results, they will gallivant somewhere for 3-24h. If tested positive, sure, they will duly oblige and be admitted into our hospital and just pay. You cannot deport them, but have to add them to our Singapore headcount. If they die here, they also will be counted as Singapore's 'Deaths'.
We need to take stock of the no of govt hospital beds, incl ICU wards and respirators and what nots, in case more and more rich neighbours from SEA start streaming in. I heard not all hospitals in Indonesia test for Covid-19, let alone treat Covid-19 patients.
There's a 5000 pax religious event attended by Msians & some Bruneians I read.
I hope MOH will think of a better way to deter these rich SEA patients from flying in for paid Covid-19 treatment. For instance, is it possible to place them in some holding lounge or Yotel room at our various checkpoints until their lab test results are out in 3-hrs?
Why must we release them to let them carry on with their journey in the city pending the results? We should have the right to turn them away once they are tested positive there and then at CIQ. You know how vigilant some SEA checkpoints at smaller airports/ferry terminals are at certain times of the day. If the other side wants to shut an eye, can we detect them quicker and turn them away?
Do we still want to act holy and humanitarian and accept 'huddled masses yearning to breathe free' with wide open arms, and add them to tiny Singapore's confirmed cases and deaths? We're a medical tourism hub, but not a UN / Red Cross base.
Moreover, one more imported case--who isn't a citizen--means one or more PPE from our stockpile will be used up by our poor healthcare worker per day. If you direct the paying ones to the back-up private hosps, are the private docs there going to sustain the critical ones in their limited ICU for mths?
Anyway, hope our taskforce will continue to recalibrate their policies as the pandemic continues to ravage cities. Italy has now activated their 'war SOP' by prioritizing younger patients with more years to live over elderly ones with existing medical conditions. Hence, the spike in deaths. -
So many countries getting imported COVID. WHO just announced a worldwide pandemic.
US start pointing accusing finger alr. So these politicians can gain a foothold pushing blame & detract their ppl’s expectations of their own govt action?
Whatever it is, it’ll be stupid for politicians to just pour money on helping bz to sustain but not to control spread or seek to nurse ppl to health & lock down their ppl fr moving ard.
The Germans are quick to acknowledge the problem w/o accusing others & ppl alerted to new protocols. Countries with increasing diagnoses shld upkeep cleaning, restrictions to travels, quarantine & lockdown like S Korea success in reducing numbers quickly.
SG will be stepping up controls. All community programmes are gradually being held back & postponed indefinitely. Expect more actions. By Mar/Apr, if the rest of the world do not act fast enuf, no matter how much we do with personal hygiene, more cases will spread. Schools will need to close for a period. Don’t think the Japanese can persist in going ahead with the Olympics. Either that or countries will not send their teams to participate. -
6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1966708\" time=\"1583983328\" user_id=\"145858:
Virus is now a pandemic, global crisis !
Seems like Japan's hosting the Olympic will proceed as planned, at least the countdown on official Tokyo Olympic website is still ticking.
Anyone can use their crysral ball?
What if countries don't dare to send in their teams, to risk virus infection, then bring the virus back home to their own country to infect fellow countrymen, even if Japan were to insist on holding a chaotic Olympic, at the Wrong timing ? -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"1966666\" time=\"1583969359\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1966666 time=1583969359 user_id=53606]
I called the enrichment center. They are still not revealing which classes the teacher taught, apparently it’s not allowed to be revealed under PDPA?
I don’t like that the official info on the cases is quite opaque. Is there a good reason to be so extra stingy with the info? Eg in the Sec 1 3rd language case, to alleviate parents’ fears, why couldn’t they mention which language in particular so that those kids and parents in that class could be alert to monitor their own symptoms? And the other languages could maybe heave a sigh of relief?
Ytd one is the enrichment centers released belated info that one teacher has a family member who is a confirmed case. The teacher had taught 2 classes before she self-quarantined at home to be safe. Zero mention of what subject and what level she taught.
How am I supposed to know whether to be alert or not? Whether to panic or not? At least give some details that concern me. I don’t need to kaypoh her name or where she lives.
If I need to wait for a belated call from the centre or MOH to inform me that my kid had contact with her, far too late Liao.
Friend’s hubby did not receive the contact tracing call from MOH/CID until very long after the actual contact with one case.
That’s a lot of lead time for potential spread.[/quote]
They did try to assure me that they will start calling the relevant kids’ parents to inform them directly (before MOH does), IF (touch wood) the teacher happens to fall ill.
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