On this day last year, we were queuing up to draw on a tiny piece of paper to determine who would rule our constituency. One year on, we’re still unable to travel or roam around without a mask but at least we’re finally seeing no community cases today.
As of 12pm today (10 Jul), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 6 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
There are 6 imported cases and no community infections.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,684.
Based on yesterday’s number, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 46 cases in the week before to 21 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has increased from 6 cases in the week before to 9 cases in the past week.
The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 1.7 and 1.3 respectively.
People Taking Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Can Now Take 2nd Dose After 3 Weeks
Have you booked an appointment for your second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine? Well, if it’s four weeks after the first dose, you can now bring it forward by 7 days.
That’s right, the authorities have shortened the minimum interval for the vaccine from four weeks to three.
Why? Well, as the Ministry of Health (MOH) explained:
“We have further shortened the minimum interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine… so that more of our population can be fully vaccinated and protected earlier.”
Whether you’ve already received your first dose or not, you can bring forward your second dose appointment.
You can do so by using the same personalized booking link in the SMS that you had received earlier.
Unfortunately for recipients of the Moderna vaccine, the prescribed interval between doses is still four weeks.
Singapore No Longer Constrained By Vaccine Supplies
We’re incredibly fortunate in that unlike many other countries, we’re currently not constrained by supplies for vaccines.
In fact, while we’re currently vaccinating 76,000 individuals a day, we have the capacity to inoculate up to 80,000 people daily.
This is why the government is urging people to bring forward their second dose.
As Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said: “The earlier you can get your two doses, the better the protection against severe illnesses.”
Read the full article here.
85 Cases in Hospitals; 6,083,907 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered
85 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 8 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 2 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).
There are currently 22 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 94 infections.
As of 8 July 2021, we have administered a total of 6,083,907 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 6,083,907, covering 3,843,179 individuals. 2,240,728 individuals have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.
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