Cases double, masks back: Is Singapore bracing for a COVID-19 comeback?
"Singapore’s government is sounding the alarm over a potential new COVID-19 wave.
"On Saturday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung warned that the estimated weekly case count almost doubled in the week ending 11 May.
“We are at the beginning part of the wave where it is steadily rising,” Kung was quoted as saying by the Straits Times.
“The wave should peak in the next two to four weeks, which means between mid and end-June,” he added.
"The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the estimated number of COVID-19 cases in the week of 5 to 11 May surged to 25,900 cases compared to 13,700 cases in the previous week.
"This has led health authorities to advise masking up again.
"Now, as the new set of ‘FLiRT’ variants now account for over two-thirds of the country’s cases, we look deeper into the matter.
"Hospitals asked to brace for impact
"As the new subvariant spread, the average hospitalisation cases in the island country also witnessed an uptick to 250.
"That number was 181 the week prior.
"Though the ICU cases remained low at three cases, compared with two cases in the previous week, the ministry has asked the public hospitals to brace themselves."
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It's not a "COVID comeback", since COVID has never gone away!
Imagine 25,000 cases here this week, and the usual idiots refusing to put masks on. That would be a disaster, yet again.
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