A girl student
from Victoria Junior College (that has many foreign students on
scholarship paid by Singaporeans' money) has been infected by COVID-19
virus, possibly the latest variant from India. As a result, 103 people
have to be quarantined - 95 students and 8 staff.
What about those people who took the same buses or MRT trains with her, while she was infectious but not showing symptoms?
What about the places she has visited? How many people at those places have been infected by her?
Also, Changi Airport has discovered 3 more workers/staff got infected by COVID-19 Indian variant.
Are these isolated cases? Or, they are the tip of the iceberg?
The
situation in Singapore has cause for concern because there is still
very limited efforts spent to test everyone. Unless everyone is tested,
there is no way to know the extent of the spread of the latest India
Variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore.
And we do not have the full picture as to how many people have been infected everyday.
Therefore,
it is better to avoid going out as much as possible, especially to
crowded places, crowded buses and trains, and drinking and eating
joints.
The highly contagious India virus is probably in the air, everywhere. No one is the wiser.
No expert can tell for sure where and when the virus is going to attack you.
Precautions are better than cures.
SSO
At the rate the highly infectious and deadly Indian variant is allowed to spread in the island, soon we will be like India,
ReplyDeleteWhen would the imbeciles stop travel to and from India? If this is still going on, when it explodes here, we will know why and who did it.
Among the 10 new community cases announced on Sunday (May 9) was a Grab driver. That suggests unknown number of passengers may now be afflicted with the coronavirus and spreading onward to their families and friends at large.
ReplyDeleteDaily reports of imported COVID-19 cases in Singapore over the past few months have ranged from 10 to 50, and yet nothing was done to stop the inflow of people, especially from South Asia, as preventive measures to eliminate risks of infecting the community.
Today's ST headline: "S'pore raises its defences amid more Covid-19 cases at home, in region" glaringly shows the foolish reactive policy action - "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted."
Very exasperated with those paid $million of taxpayers' money.
Singaporeans are like the proverbial frog being boiled to death without knowing what is happening.
ReplyDeleteOne of those those paid $million in taxpayers' money had said: "Unfortunately, we do not have the luxury of the benefit of hindsight."
ReplyDeleteVery hard to foresee meh?
They have not shut the stable door, it's still open. Citizens and PRs from all over the world, including India, are allowed to come here without need to be tested for Covid-19. And foreign workers in industries such as construction, marine, processing and domestic maids are allowed in.
ReplyDeleteWhen would Singapore put a ban on travel to India with immediate effect until the situation improves?
ReplyDeleteSuch an order would at least stop more going there to bring in more dangerous variants to infect more Singaporeans.
Those Singaporeans and PRs already there, on returning must be quarantined for at least 3 weeks to be sure they are free from the infection.
It is a crime against Singaporeans at this stage of the game to let Singaporeans and PRs to visit India and return.
As a country we cannot turn away our citizens. Not sure about PRs.
ReplyDeleteTo avoid having to turn away our citizens, they could simply ban Singaporeans going there.
Instead of banning, they are trying to create travel bubbles to encourage Singaporeans to travel.
ReplyDeleteInstead of banning own citizens from coming back, why not just ban foreigners. That would be the most logical thing to do.
Morrison cares so much about human rights in Xinjiang, but bans own citizens from returning to Australia. What does this tell you about this hypocrite?
Now the 4G left only three candidates for PM, if further deteriorating of Covid19 positions, all these candidates may be blamed. Very good strategy, another batches of 4G or 5G leaders would appears to takeover. Who would benefit most?should be Singaporeans right, no threat of losing PM, only delaying successions plan.lol.
ReplyDeleteI take umbrage for allowing Singaporeans and PRs to visit India now.
ReplyDeleteThe Four Types Of Leaders
ReplyDeleteThe wise prevents dangers from coming to our shore.
The brave fights dangers right at the door.
The commoner avoids dangers as they go about the chore.
The imbecile courts dangers to earn just a few dollars more!
SSO - 10 May 2021.
SINGAPORE: All workers in Changi Airport’s operating terminals will be tested for COVID-19 in a special testing operation from Sunday (May 9), said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG).
ReplyDeleteAbout 9,000 workers from Terminal 1, Terminal 3 and Jewel Changi Airport will undergo these tests. Terminal 2 is not operating.
So many people to be tested, so much work, cost and inconvenience would be unnecessary if the imbeciles would only do the right thing.
A report on the incident was lodged and investigations are ongoing, police said on Monday.
ReplyDeleteAll people in Singapore aged six and above are required to wear a mask when outside their homes, according to Ministry of Health guidelines.
They may remove their mask while engaging in outdoor or strenuous exercise, including brisk walking or walking up hilly terrain, but must put it back on after exercising.
Those walking at a normal pace are required to wear a mask.
Source: CNA/dv(ac)
Brisk walking exempted from wearing mask? Brisk walking a strenuous exercise?
It is not so innocent as merely guesswork. The whole pandemic and use of vaccines are so politicised that they have compromised the well being and lives of millions of people around the world.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the white policising the pandemic, it would not go away so quickly and many would have to suffer and die unnecessarily.
This is white men's crime against humanity. They have blood in their hands. Instead of saving lives using medical science to tackle the issue, they are playing politics to gain influence and control and make profits while sacrificing lives of the innocents.
Got so many vaccines but not allowed to be used but forcing people to pay for expensive useless vaccines...and still not available even if people wanted to buy.
This is criminal! The whites must be condemned for this cruelty against civilisation.
Breaking: Deadly And Rare Fungal Infection After Covid Infection
ReplyDeleteA growing number of current and recovered COVID-19 patients in India are contracting a deadly and rare fungal infection, doctors told AFP Monday as the vast nation battles to contain a massive outbreak of virus cases.
On Monday, India reported 370,000 coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 22.7 million cases, with more than 3,700 new deaths.
Experts said the actual number of cases and fatalities could be much higher.
Mucormycosis, dubbed “black fungus” by doctors in India, is usually most aggressive in patients whose immune systems are weakened by other infections.
Medical experts said they had seen a rise in cases in India in recent weeks, while the health ministry on Sunday released an advisory on how to treat the infection.
“The cases of mucormycosis infection in Covid-19 patients post-recovery is nearly four to five times than those reported before the pandemic,” Ahmedabad-based infectious diseases specialist Atul Patel, a member of the state’s COVID-19 taskforce, told AFP.
In the western state of Maharashtra, home to India’s financial hub Mumbai, up to 300 cases have been detected, said Khusrav Bajan, a consultant at Mumbai’s P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and a member of the state’s COVID-19 Task Force.
At least another 300 cases have been reported so far in four cities in Gujarat, including its largest Ahmedabad, according to data from state-run hospitals.
The western state ordered government hospitals to set up separate treatment wards for patients infected with “black fungus” amid the rise in cases.
“Mucormycosis — if uncared for — may turn fatal,” the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the scientific agency leading the government’s response, said in a treatment chart released on Twitter.
COVID-19 sufferers are more susceptible to contracting the fungal infection. This includes those with uncontrolled diabetes, those who used steroids during their virus treatment, and those who had prolonged stays in hospital ICUs, the ICMR added.
Treatment involves surgically removing all dead and infected tissue and administering a course of anti-fungal therapy.
But Yogesh Dabholkar, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Mumbai’s DY Patil Hospital, told AFP that the drugs used to treat those infected with the fungus are very expensive.
One of the treatment drugs was also running short in government hospitals due to the sudden spike, he added.
“The mortality rate is very high… Even the few that recover, only recover with extensive and aggressive surgery,” Bajan said.
“This is a fast-moving infection. It can grow within two weeks… It’s a Catch-22, coming out of a virus and getting into a fungal infection. It’s really bad.”
Hope Singapore has not imported the black fungus disease from India yet.
Hi LIPS, good article. Will post it as a main article tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
India is now the de facto poison spitting black mamba against China in Asia. All their news sites have nothing but vitriol against China with frivolous accusations, fake news and breast beating. God is punishing them and they still do not know it!
ReplyDeleteThe second wave is a serious warning from heaven. A third wave will make this second wave a walk in the park. Now we are only seeing reports of the aftermath of what is happening in Urban India. The catastrophe unfolding in Rural India is out of the coverage of the Indian MSM. It is ugly.
When people are dying all over the place...
ReplyDeleteWhen the rich are running away...
When the air is filled with the stench of death...
When the people are crying for help but help is no where to be seen...
This is hell on earth.
What the world is seeing or hearing are the desperate calls for help by those who could afford some help. The rural Indians just take it as it comes, all left to nature, in the hands of God, no need to cry, no need to panic. If a person dies, just bury and lives go on. No need to report, no one cares.
The World Health Organization on Monday announced that B.1.617, the coronavirus variant first identified in India, is of global concern.
ReplyDeleteMaria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of WHO's coronavirus response, said that there is "some available information to suggest some increased transmissibility of B.1.617," and more research is needed to determine whether COVID-19 vaccines are as effective against this variant. There are three other variants of global concern: the strains first detected in Britain, South Africa, and Brazil.
B.1.617 was first detected in India in October. The country is now experiencing a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, with hundreds of thousands of new cases reported every day.
This is the variant that has arrived in Singapore. Thank you very much, imbeciles.
SINGAPORE: The large clusters and “rapid transmission” of the B16172 COVID-19 variant first detected in India are “concerning”, as it suggests that infections of this strain can spread “quickly and widely”, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in Parliament on Tuesday (May 11).
ReplyDeleteSo?
“Because, first it will be the expat Indians. Then, it will come to Singaporean Indians. And anyway, not everyone can distinguish between foreign-born Indians and Singapore-born Indians... If we go down this route, eventually all Indians can be a target of hate, the so-called “outgroup”,” he said.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.todayonline.com/singapore/racism-xenophobia-will-become-normalised-if-singapore-not-careful-shanmugam
Covid-19: Tight border controls could lead to higher unemployment, job losses, says Lawrence Wong https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/tight-border-controls-could-lead-higher-unemployment-job-losses-lawrence-wong
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