Of the 59,925 Covid-19 cases in Singapore, 59,816 have fully recovered, meaning we have 99.8% recovery rate.
Most of the Covid-19 patients here do not fall critically ill and manage to recover eventually.
That’s why it’s so shocking when one of them succumbs to the disease.
64YO S’porean Dies Due to COVID-19 After Being Evacuated From Indonesia to NCID
A Â 64-year-old Singaporean has died from Covid-19 complications after he was medically evacuated from Indonesia to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) for treatment last month, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The man has not been included in Singapore’s Covid-19 case count, however, as he was already an overseas registered case.
So, the country’s fatality count remains at 29.
According to MOH, the Singaporean had been residing in Indonesia since 17 March last year.
He contracted the coronavirus while there, testing positive on 26 Jan. He was hospitalised in Indonesia the next day.
Then, on 29 Jan, the man was medically evacuated to the NCID for treatment.
His test taken in Singapore on 30 Jan also came back positive for Covid-19.
Sadly, the man died on Friday (26 Feb) due to Covid-19 complications. MOH noted that the man had a history of hyperlipidaemia, where abnormally high levels of fats (lipids) are in the blood. It’s one of the main risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke.
NCID has reached out to the man’s family and is extending assistance to them.
12 Imported Cases
The only good news we got on Saturday (27 Feb) is that there were no locally-transmitted cases.
12 new Covid-19 cases were reported, all from abroad. They were placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore.
This includes:
- two Singaporeans who returned from the UAE and the US
- two dependant’s pass holders who arrived from India and Myanmar
- three work pass holders who arrived from Brazil, India, and the Netherlands
- five work permit holders who arrived from India, Indonesia, and Malaysia, of whom four are foreign domestic workers
Singapore’s Vaccine Roll-out Fastest in Asia
According to Yahoo! News, Singapore is vaccinating its residents faster than any country in Asia, including China and Taiwan, which have managed to control the spread of the virus.
Singapore is still lagging behind Israel, which has been the most efficient in its vaccine drive.
Despite our quickness and efficiency, we are still far away from herd immunity.
As at 10 Feb, over 250,000 people here have received the Covid-19 vaccine. To achieve herd immunity, which is usually defined as around 70% of the population being vaccinated, around 4,116,788 people have to be vaccinated.
Singapore residents will likely be offered the vaccine from April, once seniors have been given the chance to get immunised.
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