SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,396 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Nov 11) as eight more people died from complications due to the coronavirus.
The fatalities were aged between 74 and 100. All of them
This brings Singapore’s death toll to 548.
The number of new cases reported on Thursday is down from the 3,481 infections reported on Wednesday.
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.87 as of Thursday, a slight dip from the 0.88 reported on Wednesday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
This was the ninth consecutive day that the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.
Of the new cases reported on Thursday, 2,379 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,243 cases in the community and 136 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were 17
As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported 230,077 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Travellers from Singapore will now have to serve at least four days' quarantine in Denmark , after Singapore was recently removed from a European Union list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore said Singapore was "now considered a high risk country for travel to Europe".
According to the post, with the exception of certain groups, such as Danish citizens "who are fully vaccinated regardless of where", all travellers from Singapore must be tested upon arrival and self-isolate for 10 days. If a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result is produced, the isolation will end on day four.
This applies to all travellers regardless of vaccination status as Denmark does not recognise Singapore's vaccination certificate.
Including Denmark, Singapore has vaccinated travel lane (VTL) agreements with 12 countries, with South Korea to be added to the scheme on Nov 15.
Malaysia , Finland and Sweden will also be added to the scheme later this month.
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The fatalities were aged between 74 and 100. All of them
This brings Singapore’s death toll to 548.
The number of new cases reported on Thursday is down from the 3,481 infections reported on Wednesday.
The weekly infection growth rate was 0.87 as of Thursday, a slight dip from the 0.88 reported on Wednesday. This refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before.
This was the ninth consecutive day that the weekly infection growth rate has remained below 1.
Of the new cases reported on Thursday, 2,379 infections were locally transmitted, comprising 2,243 cases in the community and 136 infections in migrant workers' dormitories.
There were 17
As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported 230,077 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
VTL COUNTRY IMPOSES QUARANTINE FOR SINGAPORE TRAVELLERS
Travellers from Singapore will now have to serve at least four days' quarantine in Denmark , after Singapore was recently removed from a European Union list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore said Singapore was "now considered a high risk country for travel to Europe".
According to the post, with the exception of certain groups, such as Danish citizens "who are fully vaccinated regardless of where", all travellers from Singapore must be tested upon arrival and self-isolate for 10 days. If a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result is produced, the isolation will end on day four.
This applies to all travellers regardless of vaccination status as Denmark does not recognise Singapore's vaccination certificate.
Including Denmark, Singapore has vaccinated travel lane (VTL) agreements with 12 countries, with South Korea to be added to the scheme on Nov 15.
Malaysia , Finland and Sweden will also be added to the scheme later this month.
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