Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[Rachdanon]

My daughter has a congenital heart defect and hence belongs to the vulnerable group. Thinking of taking her out of school for the time being and cover with a parent’s letter (and likely cardiologist one too). Anyone has stopped their kids from going?

[6thisnthat9]

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My daughter has a congenital heart defect and hence belongs to the vulnerable group. Thinking of taking her out of school for the time being and cover with a parent's letter (and likely cardiologist one too). Anyone has stopped their kids from going?

Don't think any school will object. Is life n death matter.

[zac's mum]

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Rachdanon\" post_id=\"1969121\" time=\"1585479808\" user_id=\"121515:

My daughter has a congenital heart defect and hence belongs to the vulnerable group. Thinking of taking her out of school for the time being and cover with a parent's letter (and likely cardiologist one too). Anyone has stopped their kids from going?

Don't think any school will object. Is life n death matter.

Just write to them with your reason. Don’t even need medical reason actually.

Parents don’t need to worry so much about absenting their kids from school. If it’s reasonable absence, MOE can’t penalize.

[zac's mum]

Finally. Sick people not wearing masks can be fined:


https://mustsharenews.com/singaporeans-mc-shn-masks/

[Rachdanon]

Thanks for the quick advice and views.

[Estéema]

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My daughter has a congenital heart defect and hence belongs to the vulnerable group. Thinking of taking her out of school for the time being and cover with a parent's letter (and likely cardiologist one too). Anyone has stopped their kids from going?

I wld do that bcoz she’s special needing special care. Write to excuse her. But do plan for her daily time away fr her peers so she don’t feel bored or think negatively why she’s diff fr her peers. You’re the best mum to think of shielding her as COVID increasingly persisting ard us.

[MyPillow]

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Rachdanon\" post_id=\"1969121\" time=\"1585479808\" user_id=\"121515:

My daughter has a congenital heart defect and hence belongs to the vulnerable group. Thinking of taking her out of school for the time being and cover with a parent's letter (and likely cardiologist one too). Anyone has stopped their kids from going?

I wld do that bcoz she’s special needing special care. Write to excuse her. But do plan for her daily time away fr her peers so she don’t feel bored or think negatively why she’s diff fr her peers. You’re the best mum to think of shielding her as COVID increasingly persisting ard us.

Talk to Sch leaders, prob Sch can arrange HBL package for such special cases students , Teachers can still upload Powerpt slides , student can learn download hw assignments etc or do online
Tution Center are asking kids e-learn via download , do , send PDF back to the online platform or email back to tutors. Am sure Sch should have such facility n capacity via SLS platform . Take care !

[lee_yl]

The family members of the 3rd Covid-19 deceased are still wondering who/where the deceased caught the Covid virus from. I supposed MOH (especially SPF!) contact tracing team got to buck up to provide the required answers to bring closure for the family. RIP


Till date how many unlinked cases are there? 77 out of 800+? Out of the 77 unlinked cases, what is the possibility that some of them could have caught it from OBJECT to human transmission, such as lift buttons, escalator handrails or public toilets, rather than human to human transmission? :idea:
Which is why SPF couldn’t trace the links to date?

[doodbug]

Mdm Ho Ching wrote the following on her Facebook 12 hours ago:


Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Agree that we should keep the surgical as well as N95 masks for our healthcare workers as the top priority, since they face patients every day. Not just covid patients, but also other patients, who need to be protected too.

But we shouldn’t try to demonise the wearing of masks just to preserve the masks for the healthcare workers (HCWs).

Instead, we should be open to the idea of improvising masks for use among the public.

We shouldn’t laugh and snigger at people trying all sorts of protective barriers.

They can be just a plastic shield, or a plastic “curtain” from a hat, a chic designer mask, a simple folded handkerchief, perhaps with a cotton layer in between, a lovingly home sewn mask by grandma or mother.

Whatever we wish to improvise, we should not be made to feel silly or unfashionable.

A full face shield forms a barrier for the eyes, nose and mouth too.

A mask or face shield is no substitute for hand hygiene.

So do wash our hands regularly.

True, a mask or face shield may give a false sense of security and safety. That may lead people to forget the importance of washing hands and safe distancing.

But knowing Singaporeans, the vast majority are conscientious, thoughtful, and disciplined.

Yes, it’s hard to change habits bcos old habits are hard to break.

Let’s double the normal interaction gap between people when we chat. Better still, keep out of arm’s reach.

An air gap fist bump would be better than an elbow bump, and an elbow bump would be better than a handshake.

An air gap fist bump means our outstretched fist can’t touch the other person’s outstretched fist. That would be more than a meter apart.

Let’s keep interactions short and sweet, especially if we come within the safe gap.

So Mind the Gap
Keep it Short and Safe

Wash our hands regularly
Watch for fire risks if we use alcohol sanitisers

Use any mask or shield as we like -
a mask can help to isolate the virus.

A mask helps keep our saliva to ourselves. It also helps to reduce incoming droplets.

So the improvised mask or face shield would serve to isolate the virus, if any, to each of us, however imperfectly.

So don’t feel paiseh if you feel better to put on a mask.

Just try to save and preserve the 4 masks given out by Singov earlier.

This is so that we can put on our surgical mask when we are ill and going to see the doctor.

She also shared this link:
https://medium.com/@Cancerwarrior/covid-19-why-we-should-all-wear-masks-there-is-new-scientific-rationale-280e08ceee71

[zac's mum]

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The family members of the 3rd Covid-19 deceased are still wondering who/where the deceased caught the Covid virus from. I supposed MOH (especially SPF!) contact tracing team got to buck up to provide the required answers to bring closure for the family. RIP

Till date how many unlinked cases are there? 77 out of 800+? Out of the 77 unlinked cases, what is the possibility that some of them could have caught it from OBJECT to human transmission, such as lift buttons, escalator handrails or public toilets, rather than human to human transmission? :idea:
Which is why SPF couldn’t trace the links to date?

Personally I think the risk of catching it from inanimate objects is still far, far less than catching it from unmasked sick people who cough without covering their mouth, hack up their phlegm and spit anywhere.

They are not asking the right questions of the Covid patients. “Did u notice anyone around you coughing without covering mouth? Did you take public transport??? Did you go to crowded enclosed aircon places and which??”

If they collate these answers, then they will be able to spot any trends/high risk places.

Surely some data scientists or epidemiologists can do up some data charts to show the highest risk factors within SG.

But, I think the major difficulty is that CID/contact tracing staff could not even get to speak with the poor ICU patient. Even his own family members could not hear him speak as he was on ventilator since very early on.