Singapore has seen a nearly double increase in COVID- 19 cases week over week, which has prompted the Health Ministry to take steps to ensure enough capacity at open hospitals.  ,
The estimated amount of COVID- 19 infection in the week of May 5 to 11 rose to 25, 900 – a 90 per cent increase compared to the 13, 700 situations in the week before that.  ,
The average daily COVID- 19 hospitalisations rose to about 250 from 181 the week before, said the Ministry of Health ( MOH) on Saturday ( May 18 ). In addition, it noted that, despite two circumstances occurring in the previous year, the average daily intake in intensive care is only three cases per day.  ,
The government said that” MOH is carefully monitoring the direction of this wave.”  ,
People hospitals have been asked to reduce their non-urgent elective surgery cases, reduce their hospital bed power, and transfer ideal people to treatment services like Transitional Care Facilities or at home through Mobile Inpatient Care@Home as a protection.
If a patient has mild symptoms or is not susceptible to a medical condition, it also advised against visiting the patient’s Emergency Department for care.  ,
The KP. 1 and KP. More than two-thirds of cases of the COVID- 19 virus are now caused by the COVID- 19 burden in Singapore.  ,
The two strains belong to a group of COVID- 19 variants that scientists have dubbed “FLiRT,” in honor of the technical names of their mutations. They all have JN ancestors. 1 variant, which spread rapidly around the world several months back.
The World Health Organization classified KP earlier this month. 2 as a Variant Under Monitoring. It is also the dominant strain in the United States and has been detected in countries like China, Thailand, India, Australia and the United Kingdom.
” There are currently no indications, globally or locally, that KP. 1 and KP. 2 are more transmissible or cause more severe disease than other circulating variants”, MOH said on Saturday.