16 COVID-19 Cases Today (30 Jun); 5 Are Community Cases With None Unlinked

You know how they say third time’s the charm? Since this is the third day that we’ve had COVID-19 figures that look rather positive, maybe things will be looking up again soon.

As of 12pm today (30 Jun), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

Five of them are community infections, with zero unlinked. The remaining 11 are imported cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,579.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 104 cases in the week before to 76 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has decreased from 17 cases in the week before to 12 cases in the past week. The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 9.1 and 1.7 respectively.

Interval Between COVID-19 Vaccination Doses Has Been Shortened to 4 Weeks Instead of 6–8 Weeks

MOH announced yesterday (29 Jun) that it has shortened the minimum interval between the first and second doses of the vaccine to four weeks for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.from six to eight weeks.

Previously, the second dose could only be administered six to eight weeks after the first.

“This will ensure that more of our population can now be fully vaccinated,” MOH said.

“All eligible individuals who make their vaccination appointments from 29 June onwards will be able to schedule their first and second dose appointments 4 weeks apart.”

Those who have already received their first doses and with second dose appointments currently scheduled six to eight weeks later can also rebook and bring forward their second dose appointments to four weeks from their first dose.

You can do this by clicking the same personalised booking link in the earlier SMS sent to you by MOH.

Additionally, permanent residents (PRs) and long-term pass holders from the 12–39 age group will now be able to book vaccine appointments from today (30 Jun), instead of 2 July as previously announced.

Almost 80% of Singaporeans aged 12 to 39 have already received their first dose or booked an appointment, so new registrations have tapered off.

Those who want to register their interest for the vaccine can do so here.

129 Cases in Hospital; 5,378,041 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered

129 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 11 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 3 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

There are currently 34 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 91 infections.

As of 28 June 2021, Singapore has administered a total of 5,378,041 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme, covering 3,279,411 individuals. 2,098,630 individuals have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.

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