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Community cases can go either way over next few weeks: Minister
Education Minister Lawrence Wong said vaccines are key to ending the pandemic. The shots will be extended to younger people from later this month. PHOTO: GOV.SG
Lawrence Wong says there is chance of getting the situation under control by end of the month, but one lapse could lead to a super-spreader event
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Singapore is on a knife-edge, and the country s Covid-19 community case numbers can go either way over the next few weeks, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong yesterday, as he urged people to continue observing safety measures and get vaccinated.
May 11, 2021
There are currently more than 10 active coronavirus clusters in Singapore.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Singapore is now on a knife s edge , and the country s community case numbers can go either way over the next few weeks, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (May 11). We have a chance of getting things under control by the end of the month, he said in a ministerial statement to update Parliament on the Republic s Covid-19 situation. But as we know from experience, it only takes one lapse or one irresponsible action for an infection to happen; and that infection may end up being a super-spreader event in the community.
SINGAPORE - The Republic has seen 26 cases of Covid-19 reinfection as Monday (May 10), Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday.
Such reinfections are known to be possible in both overseas and local cases, he noted, but it is still unclear why they occur.
The minister said investigations are ongoing to determine if reinfections are due to a general waning of immunity levels over time, or a lack of cross-protection, despite a previous infection, against specific variants of the coronavirus that a person is exposed to for the first time.
Mr Gan, who is co-chair of the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic here, noted that Singapore has detected 10 different variants of the virus among local and imported cases.