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02-11-2021, 06:08 AM
Timothy Goh
UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - Singapore could eventually see about 2,000 Covid-19 deaths a year despite the best possible medical care, most of whom will be the elderly and those already unwell.
On its part, the Government seeks to use a combination of high vaccination rates, booster jabs and natural immunity from mild infections to stop the disease from spreading as an epidemic here, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (Nov 1).
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Dr Janil said Singapore's Covid-19 death rate is one of the lowest in the world at 0.2 per cent, compared with 3 per cent or higher in countries that experienced a surge in cases before vaccination. The country has seen 407 deaths as at Sunday (Oct 31).
This rate of 0.2 per cent is comparable to catching pneumonia, he told the House. Every year, before the pandemic, about 4,000 patients would die as a result of influenza, viral pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
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Dr Janil said Singapore is trying hard to avoid "excess mortality" due to an inability to provide adequate medical care.
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This is why despite saying that Singapore is living with Covid-19, the nation cannot simply open up and risk having the number of cases shoot up, he added.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p...rs-to-stem
UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - Singapore could eventually see about 2,000 Covid-19 deaths a year despite the best possible medical care, most of whom will be the elderly and those already unwell.
On its part, the Government seeks to use a combination of high vaccination rates, booster jabs and natural immunity from mild infections to stop the disease from spreading as an epidemic here, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (Nov 1).
......
Dr Janil said Singapore's Covid-19 death rate is one of the lowest in the world at 0.2 per cent, compared with 3 per cent or higher in countries that experienced a surge in cases before vaccination. The country has seen 407 deaths as at Sunday (Oct 31).
This rate of 0.2 per cent is comparable to catching pneumonia, he told the House. Every year, before the pandemic, about 4,000 patients would die as a result of influenza, viral pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
......
Dr Janil said Singapore is trying hard to avoid "excess mortality" due to an inability to provide adequate medical care.
......
This is why despite saying that Singapore is living with Covid-19, the nation cannot simply open up and risk having the number of cases shoot up, he added.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p...rs-to-stem
