Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1974657\" time=\"1588996125\" user_id=\"14025:
I guess probably so, asymptomatic or with mild symptoms thought to be normal flu?..for the 2nd qn, the ans could probably from qn 1, if still established an unlinked?
Does this mean some asymptomatic persons are walking around and spreading the virus unknowingly?
If so, how did these persons get infected in the first place? -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1974657\" time=\"1588996125\" user_id=\"14025:
Tbh, I ‘m worried if commUnity cases hover around 10, still no good !
Does this mean some asymptomatic persons are walking around and spreading the virus unknowingly?
If so, how did these persons get infected in the first place?
I think some Unlinked cases may be were infected before compulsory mask CB time , before 7 April - which they show mild or no symptoms n spread out unknowingly
Masks really help to keep droplets away
Plastic shield in some way should be effective too as it block the droplets Landing into our face , mouth , nostrils - covid is not exactly airborned , bigger droplets Make it dangerous to people whose faces are not protected -
MyPillow\" post_id=\"1974683\" time=\"1588999722\" user_id=\"70594:
Realistically, without a total drastic lockdown for several weeks, like the FW dormitories, it's unlikely we can ever get to nil new cases. Even under the strictest CB, there were still about 17% of the workforce (I recall from reading somewhere, this may be inaccurate) moving around. After 5 May and 12 May, this will be an even higher no. But I think that as long as the no. of cases can be contained, Singapore can manage. Getting it under 10 would be better, of course. The FW cases are many, but because of the way they are being restricted, the nos. should be starting to fall soon.
Tbh, I ‘m worried if commUnity cases hover around 10, still no good !starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1974657\" time=\"1588996125\" user_id=\"14025:
Does this mean some asymptomatic persons are walking around and spreading the virus unknowingly?
If so, how did these persons get infected in the first place?
I think some Unlinked cases may be were infected before compulsory mask CB time , before 7 April - which they show mild or no symptoms n spread out unknowingly
Masks really help to keep droplets away
Plastic shield in some way should be effective too as it block the droplets Landing into our face , mouth , nostrils - covid is not exactly airborned , bigger droplets Make it dangerous to people whose faces are not protected
As for your last para - this is probably a good time to wear specs! Mask plus specs should be almost as good as a face shield. -
newbieks\" post_id=\"1974640\" time=\"1588991623\" user_id=\"178749:
Yup, am mentally prepared.
I am quite sure tuition enrichment classes won’t start in June. Remember they were stopped before school closed, so if school can start full time in June, earliest for enrichment would be in Jul I guess. Then again who knows what new measures need to be put in place at these centres to adhere to social distancing for e.g, so can big classes still continue...[/quote]Cloud Cloud\" post_id=\"1974622\" time=\"1588986935\" user_id=\"160688:[quote=\"Cloud Cloud\" post_id=1974622 time=1588986935 user_id=160688]Yesterday, there were 10 unlinked local cases! Why still so many despite the CB?
Wonder if enrichment centres can open on 2 June. My girl’s ballet exam has been delayed if the CB. Haizz...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/curbs-wont-all-be-lifted-after-june-1-says-minister[quote]Life will not go back to normal immediately after June 1, when Singapore's Covid-19 circuit breaker period comes to an end, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong during a virtual press conference yesterday.
While the Government will continue to monitor and assess the situation in the coming days and weeks as it decides what should be done after the circuit breaker, he stated categorically that there was no scenario where normalcy returns next month.
\"Whatever the decision, whatever happens in the coming days or weeks, it is clearly not going to be the case that after June 1 everything will be lifted, and we will go back to status quo ante.\"
Rather, Singapore will see a \"gradual, calibrated easing\", said Mr Wong.
\"The baseline protection will have to remain - things like safe distancing measures, the wearing of masks when you go out, or at work; all of these will remain post-June 1.
\"Beyond these baseline measures, the extent to which we can do more reopening of workplaces - that's something that we will have to consider.\"[/quote] -
Cloud Cloud\" post_id=\"1974622\" time=\"1588986935\" user_id=\"160688:[quote=\"Cloud Cloud\" post_id=1974622 time=1588986935 user_id=160688]
Is it 10 unlinked local cases or 10 local (SG/PR) confirmed cases yesterday?
Yesterday, there were 10 unlinked local cases! Why still so many despite the CB?
Wonder if enrichment centres can open on 2 June. My girl’s ballet exam has been delayed if the CB. Haizz...[/quote]
On the 1st day of tightened CB measures, on 22 April, 15 local cases were reported. As of yesterday, we are down to 10 cases. Actually how come in LESS THAN 2 weeks task force considered to ease the tightened CB rules? Our policies really flip flop too fast!
PM Lee announced on national TV that there was a “large hidden reservoir” in our community. How come the task force decided to ease the tightened CB rules in less than 2 weeks? So the large hidden reservoir “disappeared” after two weeks? -
Btw, is it 10 unlinked new cases that they report daily … Or is the total number of unlinked cases now decreased to 10, i.e. the previous unlinked cases have now been linked?
Or basically… How many acclaimed unlinked cases do we have now in Singapore? -
I am worried about the increasing numbers of frontline support staff that have caught the virus. Reading between the lines of the news reports, it seems that many of the daily 5-15 local cases are such staff. And that the training/proper use of the PPE had some lapses, which led to the staff catching the virus.
How about the other local cases?? Who are they and where did they catch it from??
I don’t see the numbers of local community cases dropping to steady single digit yet. Been waiting very long… -
The govt must be very busy that nothing's been done at the F&Bs during the 'lull period'.
Why isn't anyone (MEWR or private restaurant owners) erecting any plastic partitions on dining tables yet?
After 1 Jun, we hope to be able to sit down to eat or drink. F&Bs, grooming services and spa services go hand in hand with tuition centres. If tuition centres are reopened after 1 Jun, parents of younger kids (who need to be sent to and fetched from the door) would need a chair to sit down for 2 - 3 hrs. If there are no chairs to sit in cafes, please ensure my foot massage parlour is 同步解封!
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.zeit\" post_id=\"1974741\" time=\"1589006676\" user_id=\"171271:
Because the people who can make, supply and install the partitions are all not allowed to work yet? Not classified under essential services. Unless they lift this ban.
The govt must be very busy that nothing's been done at the F&Bs during the 'lull period'.
Why isn't anyone (MEWR or private restaurant owners) erecting any plastic partitions on dining tables yet?
After 1 Jun, we hope to be able to sit down to eat or drink. F&Bs, grooming services and spa services go hand in hand with tuition centres. If tuition centres are reopened after 1 Jun, parents of younger kids (who need to be sent to and fetched from the door) would need a chair to sit down for 2 - 3 hrs. If there are no chairs to sit in cafes, please ensure my foot massage parlour is 同步解封!
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.zeit\" post_id=\"1974636\" time=\"1588991105\" user_id=\"171271:
I think more like poor advice from the task force? Else why less than 2 weeks after tightening CB measures, task force deems it safe enough to ease rules again? Are you saying the large hidden reservoir disappears after 2 weeks?
When PM mentioned 'larger, hidden reservoir\", he wasn't referring to FOREIGN WORKERS. Please reread his speech; he was talking about the community you and I are moving around in:
\"Community
In the wider community, the circuit breaker is starting to have an effect. The number of community cases has fallen in recent days.
This is the result of all of us coming together, making sacrifices and adhering to the circuit breaker rules. We cannot afford to be complacent. We must press on. To bring down daily infections more sharply, to a single digit, or even zero. And to reduce the number of unlinked cases: those cases where we do not know how they got infected, or from whom.
Because unfortunately that number of unlinked cases has not come down. And this suggests there is a larger, hidden reservoir of COVID-19 cases in the community, that is the source of these unlinked cases, which we have not detected. \"
Of course PM wasn't saying this based on his \"Sixth Sense\", without any scientific/medical evidence. He has access to some random serological test results to make that kind of statement.
For serological tests, results are not immediate.
The team needs to collect past statistics and then do an analysis. I recall reading the NCID study on ST, so far, they have only analyzed the data up till end March. And up till Mar, NCID’s assessment is that there wasn’t any large hidden reservoir. If one wants to know about the effect from CB, then must wait until end of May/June.
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