Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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Positive experience at National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
This is an anonymous post (from a friend of a friend).
A long, but an informative post …on the procedure at NCID for suspected Covid-19 (just in case) so you are prepared.
I was recently sent to NCID for suspected COVID-19 infection and was admitted with pneumonia. I thought my experience may help others who are wondering what the process is.
I went to my GP with a fever and cough that had only started earlier in the day. They referred me to NCID, which meant being dispatched to the makeshift quarantine area near the clinic and waiting for an ambulance.
At NCID no one is permitted to accompany you (even during your ride in the ambulance). It is VERY methodical and organised. Everyone is suited up. You follow walk along a pre-designated line, they triage you - enquire about your travel history, possible exposure scenarios, any symptoms experienced.
After triage they take you into an area with about 30 desks and chairs set up - it looks like an exam room. There are lots of these rooms/sections in NCID. They allocate you a desk and you stay at your desk, except for going in to have an x-ray (adjacent room) or using the toilet. They give you a bottle of water and a pencil which you can fill a form out with.
The doctors see you at the desk. Blood tests, IV drip, COVID-19 swab are all done at the desk. There are lots of medical staff in the room, all fully fitted with gowns, goggles and masks.
They are likely to swab you for COVID-19. It's a pretty uncomfortable swab that goes down each nostril and wiggles in your throat until your eyes water. If the x-ray shows your lungs are clear and you are not severely ill then they will send you home to wait for the results. They subsequently issue you a notice to avoid leaving the house unnecessarily (not equivalent to a quarantine order/stay at home notice). They will not quarantine anyone else in your household if they experience no symptoms (obviously you can choose to). They then inform you to come back if you start feeling worse.
They will phone you in a few days with the results and to check up on your situation, but in the event they do turn out positive, I reckon you will probably be contacted much sooner as getting them results only take about 6 hours. You will also be given a follow up appointment at NCID in a few days' time and subsequent hospitalisation leave of 5 days. There is no cost incurred for any of the above except for a $10 fee attributed to the follow up appointment.
Once a patient leaves the NCID screening centre they completely clean and disinfect the desk, seat, floor etc, even throwing away the water and pencil the person used. It's really like a scene from Monster's Inc.
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47 new virus cases
Total infection, had crossed 300
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/covid-19-all-time-high-of-47-new-cases-in-singapore-14-day-stay-home-notice-will-now-apply -
1)
Indonesia announced that
she will close her door to foreign arrival for 1 month,
starting with effect from
this Friday 20 March 2020, time 00 West Indonesian time
2)
Malaysian PM said control measures could be extended, if virus continue to spread
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/muhyiddin-says-control-measures-could-be-extended-if-coronavirus-continues-to-spread -
so many cases and no listing yet? going to be like a book arh
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How to contact trace 47 cases?
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Two burning questions…
1). Wonder whether MOE will take the chance to close schools for 14 days after this March term break. I don’t mind shortening the Nov/Dec holidays by two weeks to compensate for it.
2). How many new cases per day must we have before MOH will give up on contract tracing? More and more cases not as detailed as previously, seems like the contact trackers are starting to get burnt out? -
I worry if our hospitals can cope despite reports said G is prep to expand etc.
Beds and facilities can increase, medical professionals can’t increase overnight.
Big countries hv deep pockets to cushion the economy impacts, how long can our little red dot sustain? -
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Depend on what level, the children are in
Two burning questions...
1). Wonder whether MOE will take the chance to close schools for 14 days after this March term break. I don’t mind shortening the Nov/Dec holidays by two weeks to compensate for it.
2). How many new cases per day must we have before MOH will give up on contract tracing? More and more cases not as detailed as previously, seems like the contact trackers are starting to get burnt out?
For those Not taking National exam this year, can consider close school for 2 weeks, i.e. those in honeymoon lower primary (P1 / P2) or in mid primary P3 / P4 or in lower Secondary honeymoon years (1 and 2)
But for students taking Psle (born 2008), or taking O-level (born 2004), or taking A-level (born 2002), this year 2020 -
They cannot afford to close school
for 14 days, because mid year exam SA1 is coming soon, in May 2020, the week right after Labor day holiday, that week. And many P6 students depend on P6 SA1 results, to apply for DSA 3 choices, into their desired Secondary school. And MOE DSA portal will open up for online application, soon after the mid year SA1 is over in May 2020, after exam test scripts are marked by class Teachers & returned back to students, reviewed by parents
If schools were to close 2 weeks, means that the school Teachers cannot complete cover teaching their Moe school syllabus in time, for mid year exam.
Miss 1 week of lesson, still ok.
But not miss 2 weeks of lesson, there's a lot to catch up !
For DSA,
the time constraint is set, because All Secondary schools must give final verdict of DSA outcome to All DSA applicants, whether receive Confirmed Offer or Wait list or rejected, by the latest date line 31 August 2020. Minus backwards time required, to attend Sports trial / subject tests / specific DSA domain tests / interview, all these take time
Unless
1)
this year, DSA outcome notification extend beyond 30 Aug 2020
+
2) SEAB is willing, to postpone and delay, push back PSLE or O level or A level starting date for Oral + for Written Paper exam, to a later date, in view of virus pandemic
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