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Things to take note when you go for your Covid Vaccination

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/moving-from-covid-19-pandemic-to-endemic

Moving from Covid-19 pandemic to endemic: Singapore's strategy and how it can unfold

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So if Singapore does not reach the 80 per cent figure, is it still safe to relax measures?

Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said at least 70 per cent of the population need to be fully vaccinated before any major relaxation can be considered, provided that the vaccines continue to remain effective.

Professor Paul Tambyah, a senior infectious diseases consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH), was more sanguine. He cited New York and California as places that had dropped all measures when vaccination rates crossed the 70 per cent mark.

That has "not resulted in the feared spike in cases. There is a good chance that we can do the same", he said.

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Thus far, vaccines have been effective in protecting against the virus and ensuring that even those who contract it do not fall severely ill. The signs are promising as half the population will be fully vaccinated by the middle of this month, and everyone eligible and willing would have received at least their first jab by next month.

The experts all agree that Singapore should not follow Australia and New Zealand, which face lockdowns every time a cluster emerges.

Such clusters will emerge, said Prof Tambyah, adding: "As long as the borders are open, there will be imported cases and occasional breaches or leaks."

Professor Dale Fisher, an infectious diseases expert at NUH, said the goal is not to eradicate the virus, which is no longer possible given how widely it has spread, but rather, learning to live with it.

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Last year, more than 35,000 people were down with dengue, and 32 died from it.

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People who have not been vaccinated may find themselves at a disadvantage.

But there is no good reason for them to avoid the vaccine.

Among adults, Prof Hsu said, very few - perhaps less than 1 per cent - may be medically unfit for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Prof Fisher added that even those medically unsuited to mRNA vaccines could avail themselves of Sinovac, while Novavax is also on the horizon.

The vaccines may be less effective on patients being treated for cancer, he said, but even they were better off being vaccinated.

Meanwhile, a vaccine for children under the age of 12 could be approved soon, possibly before the end of the year.

Those who avoid getting vaccinated may also be kept away from certain activities.

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Migrant workers

Workers should be allowed to come in, even from countries with high infection rates, the experts said.

Prof Quah said: "The doors to migrants must continue to be open to keep the economy functioning and to lower business costs. Migrants would also include talents from abroad."

Prof Lye said Singapore needs workers in key industries and domestic help. In healthcare, for example, a third of nurses are foreigners.

But migrant workers should be tested on arrival and vaccinated.

Said Prof Teo: "Certainly we should vaccinate all newly arrived migrant workers, because this is not only the responsible thing to do to protect these workers, but it also protects the rest of the Singapore community."

 

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This was previously not a vaccination center. Government pushing all out to get 2/3 by 9 Aug.

 

Dear all,

Looking for a place to take your *Pfizer* vaccination and hoping for it to be around Sengkang West? 

You may proceed to Anchorvale CC (59 Anchorvale Road, S544965) between 7 Jul - 13 Jul, 
from 9am - 11.30am or 
1pm - 4.30pm to get your vaccination jab. *Registration will be done on the spot*. Please bring along your NRIC/FIN.

* Applicable to all Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents/ Long term permit pass/ Work permit pass/
who are 18 years old and above
* Only for those who have not taken the first vaccination yet

For any enquiries, please contact our friendly Anchorvale CC staff @ 6489 4959.

#TogetherWeCan
#FightAgainstCOVID19

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2 hours ago, Lethalstrike said:

Lau Heroes conveniently not mentioned 😁

I agreed with the writer though.

Instead of generalising and hauling negative remarks at the elders would showing empathy work better in educating them on SMM?

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4 minutes ago, Kopites said:

I agreed with the writer though.

Instead of generalising and hauling negative remarks at the elders would showing empathy work better in educating them on SMM?

It would, except for that few black sheeps. These will shout vulgarities at safe distancing officers with vigour and impunity, as they know they are the Merdeka generation, likely will just get some warning that's all. 

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The phenomenon in MY can hit us too, so tell that person who is holding out to get vaccinated..

HCWs will soon hit a wall too

 

 

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sinopharm-covid-19-shot-delta-variant-weaker-antibody-response-15261742

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BEIJING: Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine elicited weaker antibody responses against the Delta variant, based on the first published study of its effect against the more contagious version.

Antibody levels in people receiving Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine had a 1.38-fold reduction to the Delta variant versus an older version of the coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, a lab study based on samples from people in Sri Lanka showed. 

The study was conducted by scientists from University of Sri Jayewardenepura as well as Colombo Municipal Council in Sri Lanka, and University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

 

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https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/two-doses-of-pfizer-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-shots-effective-against-delta-variant

"LONDON (REUTERS) - Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech or AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday (July 21) showed.

Officials say vaccines are highly effective against the Delta variant, now the dominant variant worldwide, though the study reiterated that one shot of the vaccines is not enough for high protection.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirms headline findings given by Public Health England in May about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca, based on real-world data."

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