Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2058779\" time=\"1644983078\" user_id=\"28674:
Germany is offering free ART tests for any walk-ins including tourists. There'll be an official e-report sent to your HP app or that can be printed out on request as your pre-departure -ve test proof. Their ART kits selling in pharmacies costs S$1.50 each only.
My daughter told me that in the UK (last year, not sure if things have changed), anyone could just go to a clinic or pharmacy and collect free test kits, whether or not they were positive. The UK was pushing for people to test regularly and self-isolate if positive. If Singapore wants that, they have to make test kits more easily available, and more cheaply.
In future, we should allow tourists to access our CTCs/QTCs to do their pre-departure ARTs (at a fee of course). Let them queue in a separate queue (by appointment/walk-in). -
DS came home earlier than expected these 2 days. He said that a lot of their orientation activities had to be cancelled as there are simply too many cases in his school. I asked if any of them close contact with him, he said yes a few among his orientation group but so far no HRW issued for him or his friends.
BIL was infected last week. He did not even know how he got infected. Sis and kids all received HRW. And just when that HRW expired, her DD received another HRW due to classmate being positive. She was lamenting just when she thought no need to do daily ART anymore now gotta do another week in order for the kid to go to school. ART oos at the few vending machines near her home as well. -
sushi88\" post_id=\"2058832\" time=\"1645002039\" user_id=\"100857:
It's definitely possible! How would you know if that test kit's yours or someone else's?
I believe the statement in bold is not possible. Lying gets nowhere, need an ART proof of contracting Covid-19.
If there is no proper proof of ART test or if the ART proof is doubtful, vaccination would still be encouraged when due unless one is willing to revert back to non-vaccinated status and redo the first 2 shots again.
Don't cheat any systems, it has no benefit for anybody, this pandemic needs social responsibility to end it.
If you want your teens to delay the 3rd booster like mine, we go for a serology test to determine the antibodies. If the antibodies are indeed low, then just do the booster. My teen has some bad side effects to the jab, that's why we are considering the delay, otherwise, it would be better to have the protection than none.slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2058779\" time=\"1644983078\" user_id=\"28674:
We were just casually joking about the potential loopholes. There are indeed parents who think that it's not necessary for their 12-17 kids to take any booster so soon. Just look around your double-vaccinated classmates and schoolmates. They are ok after getting Omicron, yah? So why can't we take it after EOY before our family vacation in Nov-Dec?I guess the problem is that we can't trust people to be honest - that they should only take free ART kits if they have tested positive or are a close contact of a positive case. If people could self-report positive test results and collect ART kits, and report close contacts for them to get the free kits, then there would be no need for them to go to a centre and retest just to prove that they are positive, and have HRW officially served to close contacts. I believe that most of the people reporting want the free kits more than to be recorded officially.
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In fact I feel there are a lot of teens getting infected these days even though fully vax. Not sure if vaccine effect wanes off already as according to the mad rush to vax last June, the second shot was perhaps administered last July, some 7 mths away.
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For children below 12 years old, which are the centers that they can walk in for vaccination? Do they need an appointment? Thanks!
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Singapore to simplify COVID-19 rules; safe distancing no longer required when wearing masks (effective 25 Feb)
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-rules-simplified-social-gatherings-safe-distancing-household-visitors-2501976?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2058840\" time=\"1645003879\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2058840 time=1645003879 user_id=58173]
Designated Vaccination Centres (Updated 25 Jan 2022)
For children below 12 years old, which are the centers that they can walk in for vaccination? Do they need an appointment? Thanks![/quote]
To facilitate the vaccination of younger children, there will be 15 designated paediatric vaccination centres (VCs)
(https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/news/press/2021/annex-a-vaccination-exercise-for-5-11-year-olds.pdf)
located island-wide to progressively begin operations from 27 December 2021. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has also worked with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to set up an additional paediatric VC within Yusof Ishak Secondary School, starting from 11 January 2022, to provide better coverage of the Punggol/Seng Kang area.
[NEW] No appointment required on Mondays to Thursdays
From 25 January 2022, children aged 5-11years old can walk in with their parents/guardians to any paediatric VC to receive their first vaccination without a prior appointment. As such, parents/guardians, who currently have to first register their interest, will now no longer have to wait up to 5 working days to receive the SMS to book an appointment, unless they wish to make a booking on Fridays to Sundays.
This arrangement is only applicable from Mondays to Thursdays. Parents/guardians who intend to vaccinate their child/ward under this arrangement should arrive at the VC by 7pm. On the day of the vaccination, parents/guardians should bring along the following documents:
Student Identification, or if not available, other forms of identification (e.g. Birth Certificate/Passport/SingPass)
A signed hard or soft copy of the parental consent form, which can be downloaded at https://go.gov.sg/parcf
Parents/guardians are also encouraged to release any bookings made should they wish to vaccinate their child/ward under this arrangement. -
zeit.\" post_id=\"2058836\" time=\"1645003370\" user_id=\"194295:
Alamak.....you wrote as if it was without ART proof ma.....
It's definitely possible! How would you know if that test kit's yours or someone else's?
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starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2058854\" time=\"1645008793\" user_id=\"14025:
How to celebrate when there were seven persons died from Covid 19 yesterday and nine persons died on the day before yesterday?
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/up-to-5-household-visitors-at-a-time-more-vtls-to-come-spores-new-covid-19-rules-at-a-glance
Time to celebrate ...
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