10 COVID-19 Cases Today (6 Jul); 2 Are Community Cases & Both Are Unlinked

It seems like we can, indeed, dine in in groups of five from next week onwards.

As of 12pm today (6 Jul), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

2 of them are community cases, and both of them are unlinked.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,640.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 86 cases in the week before to 28 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also decreased from 14 cases in the week before to 4 cases in the past week.

The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 3.4 and 0.6 respectively.

MOH Provides Examples of Strenuous Physical Activities to Avoid After Taking COVID-19 Vaccine

According to MOH, you should avoid swimming, cycling, running, lifting heavy weights, along with racket and ball games for a period of seven days after you receive your first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

The latest MOH advisory also dates that competitive sports and physical education lessons should be avoided as they are considered to be strenuous activities. 

What physical activities are considered safe to do, then? These include casual walking, stretching, working while standing, as well as housework.

Here’s the infographics the good folks at MOH has come out with:

So nope, you have no excuse to get out of your household chores just because you’ve just been vaccinated. 

MOH advised everyone, particularly “adolescents and younger men, aged younger than 30” to steer clear of strenuous physical activities for one week after receiving the first and second doses. 

In addition, if symptoms of “chest pain, shortness of breath or abnormal heartbeats” arise, medical attention should be sought immediately. 

The health ministry also made it clear that this review of its guidelines was not related to an incident involving a 16-year-old male who suffered a cardiac arrest after a strenuous session of weightlifting. 

He had gone weightlifting at a gym six days after receiving his first dose of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. 

He was found to have used “very heavy weights which were above his body weight”. 

He then collapsed at home and was sent to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s emergency department before being transferred to National University Hospital’s intensive care unit.

The case is currently being investigated. The possibility of acute severe myocarditis is also being considered. 

According to MOH, most individuals in Singapore and abroad who develop myocarditis after being vaccinated experience only mild symptoms and recover rather smoothly. However, it is possible that the condition could be exacerbated by strenuous activities affecting the heart. 

You can watch this video to the end to know more about COVID-19 vaccines in Singapore:

102 Cases in Hospitals; 5,780,703 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered

102 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 10 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 3 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

There are currently 24 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 93 infections.

As of 4 July 2021, we have administered a total of 5,780,703 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 5,780,703, covering 3,608,688 individuals. 2,172,015 individuals have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.

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