SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,069 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Nov 16) as 18 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.
The fatalities were aged between 67 and 95. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these medical conditions were.
This is the highest number of daily fatalities reported since Oct 20, when 18 deaths were also reported. The COVID-19 death toll in Singapore is now 612.
The number of new cases reported on Tuesday was the same as the 2,069 infections reported on Monday .
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.88 as of Tuesday, lower than the 0.94 reported on Monday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
Of the new cases reported on Tuesday, 2,064 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,021 cases in the community and 43 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 10.50pm.
As of Tuesday, Singapore has reported 241,341 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
A combination of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination with a Moderna booster jab has a “slight edge” in reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.
Quoting statistics from a study done by MOH, Mr Ong said that this combination further reduces the risk of infection by 72 per cent.
In comparison, taking a Pfizer-BioNTech booster jab after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination further reduces the risk of infection by 62 per cent.
The results for other combinations, such as a Moderna booster jab with Moderna vaccination, "may not be as meaningful" as the sample sizes are "not very large", Mr Ong added.
"So, both mRNA vaccines work very well as boosters, with (Moderna as a booster jab after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination) having a slight edge," he said.
"Regardless, the impact on the reduction of severity of illness is extremely high for both combinations."
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The fatalities were aged between 67 and 95. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these medical conditions were.
This is the highest number of daily fatalities reported since Oct 20, when 18 deaths were also reported. The COVID-19 death toll in Singapore is now 612.
The number of new cases reported on Tuesday was the same as the 2,069 infections reported on Monday .
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.88 as of Tuesday, lower than the 0.94 reported on Monday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
Of the new cases reported on Tuesday, 2,064 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,021 cases in the community and 43 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 10.50pm.
As of Tuesday, Singapore has reported 241,341 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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A combination of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination with a Moderna booster jab has a “slight edge” in reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.
Quoting statistics from a study done by MOH, Mr Ong said that this combination further reduces the risk of infection by 72 per cent.
In comparison, taking a Pfizer-BioNTech booster jab after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination further reduces the risk of infection by 62 per cent.
The results for other combinations, such as a Moderna booster jab with Moderna vaccination, "may not be as meaningful" as the sample sizes are "not very large", Mr Ong added.
"So, both mRNA vaccines work very well as boosters, with (Moderna as a booster jab after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination) having a slight edge," he said.
"Regardless, the impact on the reduction of severity of illness is extremely high for both combinations."
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