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Singapore is experiencing another COVID-19 wave, with more people expected to fall sick and be hospitalised in the coming weeks, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung warned on Friday.y...
He shared findings from a Ministry of Health (MOH) study, which showed the incidence rate of severe illness recorded during the peak of Singapores last infection wave in April..
Among those who are best protected - those who have a minimum of three mRNA shots and a natural infection within the last 12 months - the severe illness incidence rate is about 10 per 100,000 people..
For the least protected group, or those who have no minimum protection and no recorded infection, they are five times more likely to fall very sick when infected with COVID-19..
For individuals who are well-protected with three mRNA shots plus an infection, but these are all acquired more than 12 months ago, their incidence rate of severe illness is also about 50 per 100,000 population not very different from those who have no vaccination or protection, the Channel had the Minister as saying..
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