SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,304 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Nov 13) as 14 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.
The fatalities were aged between 61 and 94. All of them, except for a partially vaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these medical conditions were.
This brings Singapore’s death toll to 576.
The number of new cases reported on Saturday is a decrease from the 3,099 infections reported on Friday .
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.98 as of Saturday, lower than the 1.04 reported on Friday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 2,299 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,179 cases in the community and 120 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.45pm.
As of Saturday, Singapore has reported 235,480 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
MOH said it will review the duration for which a person holds fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 as more data on booster doses become available.
According to the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021, the duration is currently 365 days, counted from 14 days after the second dose is administered.
The 365-day duration was specified "in the interim" to allow people who have completed the primary series of their vaccinations to be exempted from vaccination-differentiated safe management measures, said MOH.
MOH said that studies on the protection provided by the vaccines are ongoing, adding that it regularly reviews evidence from such studies in Singapore and abroad.
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The fatalities were aged between 61 and 94. All of them, except for a partially vaccinated case, had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what these medical conditions were.
This brings Singapore’s death toll to 576.
The number of new cases reported on Saturday is a decrease from the 3,099 infections reported on Friday .
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.98 as of Saturday, lower than the 1.04 reported on Friday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 2,299 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,179 cases in the community and 120 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were five imported cases, MOH said in its daily update released to the media at about 11.45pm.
As of Saturday, Singapore has reported 235,480 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
MOH TO REVIEW EXPIRY DATE OF COVID-19 VACCINATED STATUS
MOH said it will review the duration for which a person holds fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 as more data on booster doses become available.
According to the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021, the duration is currently 365 days, counted from 14 days after the second dose is administered.
The 365-day duration was specified "in the interim" to allow people who have completed the primary series of their vaccinations to be exempted from vaccination-differentiated safe management measures, said MOH.
MOH said that studies on the protection provided by the vaccines are ongoing, adding that it regularly reviews evidence from such studies in Singapore and abroad.
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