Singapore: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has convinced Singapore’s elderly people that the Covid-19 vaccine is safe and urges them to get a dose, even when the cities record the death of the 37th Koronavirus on Sunday.
The 83-year-old woman who was not vaccinated was the latest Covid-19 death here.
He suffered fever and cough on June 16 but did not seek medical attention until he was taken to the National University Hospital on June 18, where he was tested positive for Covid-19 the following day, the Ministry of Health (Moh) in a statement.
In a video posted on social media on Saturday, Prime Minister Lee said, “Don’t wait until it’s too late.” “Most people you have vaccinated, including many friends and your neighbors.
Protect yourself, and your family too,” said Prime Minister.
“There is sustainable evidence that vaccination helps prevent serious illness when a person is infected,” added Moh.
Singapore reported 130 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, 127 of which were imported from the community and three imported.
(Or people who arrive here from abroad).
On Saturday, Singapore has reported a total of 64,057 cases of Covid-19.
The 27-year-old Indian national, who works as an engineer at Ecoxplore, and a 32-year-old Indonesian domestic worker is connected with one clusters clusters, according to the Asian news channel report.
Moh said the whole number of new cases in the community had increased from 238 in the previous week to 1,027 cases in the past week.
As many as 490 cases were in the hospital, with the best and in observation.
Six of new cases are people over the age of 70 who are not vaccinated or some vaccinated (first dose of injection) and at risk of serious illness, added Moh.
Nine people over 60 years, who are not vaccinated or some vaccinated, have fallen very pain, said Moh.
There are 12 cases of serious diseases that require oxygen supplementation, and one in critical conditions in the intensive care unit.
None of the 13 cases were fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, a popular Indian restaurant, Curry Samy in Dempsey, has been closed for two weeks to 8 August to clean out because it became a group of Covid-19 cases.
“Our epidemiological investigation has found that there is a possibility that there is a transmission that is ongoing in the restaurant,” media reports quoted the Moh.
All staff at the restaurant have been placed in quarantine.
The Covid-19 free test will also be offered to people who have visited restaurants between 19 and 23 July.
Moh said all visitors to the Dempsey area, where various restaurants and restaurants operate, must monitor their health carefully and minimize social and minimize as many social interactions as possible, for 14 days from the date of their visit.
They were encouraged to go to the doctor immediately if they felt unwell.
At present there are 26 active Covid-19 clusters in Singapore, ranging from three and 741 infections, according to news channel reports.
During the last 28 days, 11 local cases require supplementation of oxygen and treated in the ICU or died.
Six was not vaccinated, five were partially vaccinated and nothing was fully vaccinated.
Mandatory Covid-19 testing was carried out across the apartment block where cases related to Coronavirus were detected.
This was done to uncover the case of community infections, said Moh on Saturday.