Changi Airport Covid-19 cluster grows to 25; free testing for those who visited T3 since May 3, Singapore News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Fully vaccinated breakthrough cases on the rise   SINGAPORE – There were 16 cases of Covid-19 infection confirmed on Wednesday (May 12), 10 of which are community cases and the other six imported ones. Of the community cases, seven are linked to the Changi Airport cluster. This brings the total …

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World’s most vaccinated country is seeing an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases.

The world’s most vaccinated country for covid 19, with more than 60 per cent of its population fully vaccinated, more than other vaccine giants such as Israel and Britain, and almost twice the United States’ rate of vaccination, now has largest number of new coronavirus cases per capita, and has been …

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How many people die each day and what are they dying from? | World Economic Forum

At last an article putting daily deaths into context Our world is in the grip of a mental health crisis – here’s what we can do to help The emotional fallout from COVID-19 has been felt around the globe, but some groups have suffered more than others, according to this …

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Research on COVID-19 – Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

When Singapore saw its first case of COVID-19 on 24 January 2020, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health started to collate emerging evidence to produce COVID-19 Science Reports for researchers, policymakers and regional colleagues. The reports were based on searches of research databases, relevant journals, science reports and …

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Study of ‘breakthrough’ cases suggests COVID testing may be here to stay — ScienceDaily

In rare cases, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID and are immune to the virus can nevertheless develop the disease. New findings from The Rockefeller University now suggest that these so-called breakthrough cases may be driven by rapid evolution of the virus, and that ongoing testing of immunized …

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WHO panel against requiring vaccination proof for travel, Europe News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

GENEVA (REUTERS) – The World Health Organisation’s Emergency Committee recommended on Monday (April 19) that proof of vaccination not be required as a condition of international travel, maintaining its stance on the issue under growing debate. The independent experts, in a statement issued after meeting last Thursday, cited limited evidence …

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Why are We Vaccinating Children against Covid-19? – AIER

The acute focus in this writing is on the vaccination of children under 12 years of age with the Covid-19 vaccines as this raises very serious and urgent issues that must be confronted by societies in terms of possible unnecessary harms to our children. SARS-CoV-2 virus that leads to Covid-19 …

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