Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[zac's mum]

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2024919\" time=\"1621656834\" user_id=\"188234:

So far it seems like the HBL is a lot more intense this year (primary). I thought last year had some SLS lessons, printouts to do, and actual lesson every few days. This year seems like lesson every day according to the timetable.

Glad they are learning and staying engaged. Kids and teachers are definitely more equipped for it. Downside is infront of screen from 8 AM well into the afternoon...

I think it depends on the age/schooling level of the child as well. Cos this year DS P5 so there’s more serious academic stuff to do. DS has been assigned online CL activities plus continue do activity book...EMS doing SA1 mock papers (which I assume would have been done in school if HBL hadn’t kicked in). Marking and corrections would probably be next week.

I heard the lower primary kids got nothing much to do. Still honeymoon.

I gave DS screen break every half hour, and a soothing eye mask at the end of each day. It’s really bad for their eyes. We just do OTOT and ignore any so-called deadlines.

Can’t wait for June holidays to start.

[phtthp]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2024922\" time=\"1621657562\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2024922 time=1621657562 user_id=53606]

Can’t wait for June holidays to start.[/quote]

Next week is a short week, last week of Term 2,
then June school holiday start, because

1)

Wednesday (26 may) is public holiday (Vesak day), no HBL.


2)

Friday (28 May) :

some schools are having PTC (Parents Teacher Conference), since Friday is the last day of Term 2. So, no HBL for these schools

[sharonkhoo]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2024920\" time=\"1621657156\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2024920 time=1621657156 user_id=53606]
Ya I don’t think there’s any room cleaning at all. Probably u can only get fresh towels from housekeeping dept that’s all.

That’s why last time got some quarantine hotels had cockroach problem. Imagine some people eat potato chips & drop the crumbs on the bed, carpet & left there for 14 days. Sure got pests come and eat...[/quote]

Good time to teach kids to eat neatly and clear up! I think you can probably request a broom or a vacuum cleaner from the staff?

One good thing about SHN (to me) would be that food is provided - no need to shop, cook, clear up!

[RoastChickenDance]

List of stay home sites (if you dont know them yet and was out of the loop)!

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/nf7tsw/list_of_stay_home_sites_if_you_dont_know_them_yet/

[Imp75]

I am curious to know if B1617.2 is in the community other than the changi airport clusters and if yes, how did they get them? Not sure if this is reported in the press.

[starlight1968sg]

Now a mall can be closed; wonder what else to be closed soon.

[phtthp]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2024990\" time=\"1621740257\" user_id=\"14025:

Now a mall can be closed; wonder what else to be closed soon.

these mall closed

https://mothership.sg/2021/05/jem-westgate-closed-may-23/


10 covid cases, in Hougang HDB block


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/10-covid-19-cases-identified-at-hougang-hdb-block-including-1-new-case-detected



All residents at this pasir ris block take swab tests

https://mothership.sg/2021/05/pasir-ris-blk-559-swab-test/

[phtthp]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2024988\" time=\"1621731774\" user_id=\"2358:

I am curious to know if B1617.2 is in the community other than the changi airport clusters and if yes, how did they get them? Not sure if this is reported in the press.

Once spread into local community, very hard to control !
It is so important to guard our borders, VERY TIGHTLY !

Consequences ?

All front-lined staff,
all obedient Singaporeans and PRs who \"guai guai\" wear masks faithfully to protect ourselves wherever we go, and protect our families & practise social distancing :
All are affected !


Be mentally prepared that

there could be CB (2)

or


HBL extended, even when Term 3 July school Term start.

So many businesses, taxi drivers, etc are suffering !!!

[lee_yl]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2024988\" time=\"1621731774\" user_id=\"2358:

I am curious to know if B1617.2 is in the community other than the changi airport clusters and if yes, how did they get them? Not sure if this is reported in the press.

In recent weeks, the prevalent strain for many of our community cases is B1617.2 which originated from India.

Phylogenetic testing has shown this B1617.2 variant to be associated with several clusters in Singapore.

The investigations showed that the Airport defences were breached after one airport worker helped a family from South Asia on 29th April. The said family was subsequently tested positive for B1617 during their quarantine and the local airport worker was identified as the likely origin of the Changi Airport cluster.

But hor, the TTSH nurse was confirmed to have contracted the B1617.2 strain on 27th April (she may or may not be the index patient of TTSH cluster), so the South Asian strain could have already been in our community way before 29th April ?!

Not forgetting the ICA staff who reported sick on 26th April, thus, before 29th April, our community already has the South Asian variant spreading silently.

[.010675zeit]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2024988\" time=\"1621731774\" user_id=\"2358:

On p 513, I mentioned this fella:

.zeit\" post_id=\"2021803\" time=\"1619689653\" user_id=\"171271:[quote=.zeit post_id=2021803 time=1619689653 user_id=171271]I'm also baffled that the MOH has been releasing visitors prematurely.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-cluster-reinfected-case-india-recovered-travellers-14659896. He tested positive for COVID-19 in an on-arrival swab test and was taken to a hospital. He was discharged four days later on Apr 6, without being required to further isolate, as he was deemed to be no longer infectious, said MOH.

Now it turns out this Indian national had B1617.1, based on MOH's 3 May https://www.moh.gov.sg/docs/librariesprovider5/default-document-library/annex-a65c38244a9e142828ce500c88a5a5503.pdf

When did he come into our community and become the sole local case on 20 April?

\"As part of epidemiological investigations into https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/1-new-case-of-locally-transmitted-covid-19-infection_20AprUpdate, MOH tested all her close contacts, including Case 61536, a 43 year-old Indian national who is a Work Pass holder.

Case 61536 is Case 62045’s brother-in-law, and had been identified as a household contact of Cases 62045 and 62143. He arrived from India on 2 April, and was asymptomatic. His on-arrival swab was positive for COVID-19 infection and he was conveyed to a hospital. He was subsequently assessed to be a recovered case based on his high Ct value which indicated a low viral load, positive serology test result on 4 April, as well as negative pre-departure test taken on 31 March. He was discharged from the hospital on 6 April, without the need for further isolation as he was deemed to have been shedding minute fragments of the virus RNA, which were no longer transmissible and infective to others.

On 17 April, as he had been identified as a close contact of Case 62045, he was tested for COVID-19 and his test result came back positive. His serology test result is also positive. The Ct value of his polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test taken on 17 April was lower than his test done on 2 April, indicating a higher viral load this time. His antibody titres are also currently very high, suggesting that he was exposed to a new infection which boosted his antibody levels. MOH, in consultation with an expert panel which comprises infectious diseases and microbiology experts, has assessed that he was likely to have been re-infected with COVID-19 recently. Our epidemiological investigations indicate that Case 61536 was probably re-infected when he was in India, and had been infectious when he returned to Singapore. He then passed the infection to Cases 62045 and 62143.\"


His household contact, SIL, Case 62045 is an accountant. His BIL, Case 62143, owns 2 restaurants.

Anyway, you can trace back the dates on which they started exhibiting symptoms and how they interacted with their office colleagues and customers at the 2 restaurants unsuspectingly in early April.

OK, those were B1617.1 cases, not B1617.2. Nonetheless, both are equally bad.

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As for the Changi Airport cluster, you must have read that the source had come from a South Asian family and the T3 ground staff attending to those visitors got B1617.2 from them.

The date was, interestingly, 29 April. Hmmm, so you know it came in only after the ban was introduced wef 22 April 2359h. So, it's like telling us, 不关我的事哦。

As mentioned by lee_yl, there was another https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/media-releases/media-release/ica-statement-on-confirmed-covid-19-case-of-an-ica-officer (albeit working at next door T1, connected by Skytrain) who got the symptoms much earlier than this staff.

This chap who got the B1617.2 variant, started showing symptoms way before 29 April.

Another possible 破口 that caused B1617.2 to escape into the community could be https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/16-new-cases-of-locally-transmitted-covid-19-infection30aprfullprwho had worked at a CCF in Tuas.

\"Case 62553 is a 39 year-old female Vietnam national who works as a cleaner employed by Octo Jet Building Maintenance Services Pte Ltd, and deployed at a community care facility at Tuas South. At work, she dons full personal protection equipment (PPE), including N95 mask, face shield, gown and gloves. She also periodically helps out at a food stall at The Summit located at the National University of Singapore’s Bukit Timah campus.“

There's too many to contact trace now. But they could have gotten it from the varsity canteen, the quarantined/isolated patients at the CCF, the MRT...And you have to check which Terminal that Indian national Case 61536 had arrived at, and SHN hotel he was quarantined at, and later, where he went to after being prematurely released by the authorities . Also, who was rostered to clean that Terminal he passed through, that CCF or hotel he stayed in for 4 days, and so on?

Like phtthp has said, it's everywhere now. Too late! Just wear your medical mask and sanitize your hands regularly!