This call from the Ministry of Health (MOH) comes on the heels of the other 83 people who died of the infectious disease in 2024.
Among them, 78 were elders of 60 years or more, 4 were elders 50 to 59 and one 16 or less.
Moh said that the 4 adults in their fifties who died had other medical problems, and that 3 had not gained a spice in the year beyond the year.
The prestige of vaccination of the adult fourth, a foreigner who visits Singapore is known.
The young man who died had another doctor and had “no history of covid-19 vaccination. “
The 83 deaths connected to Covid-19, so in 2024 are much decrease than the deaths of 317 in 2023 and 860 in 2022.
An MOH spokesman said that in general, the Covid-19 situation here has been stable, in spite of the year-end travel season. The peak of around 26,000 cases a week occurred in May, when there was a wave of cases caused by the KP.1/2 variant.
But he added: “Our concern continues to be with severe cases, which tend to be seniors.”
In the first 11 months of the year, 108 people needed intensive care for Covid-19 infection. Of them, 80 per cent were seniors aged 60 and above, he said.
The most prevalent Covid-19 strain circulating in Singapore today is the MV.1, which accounts for more than a third of cases that have been sequenced.
This strain is a descendent of JN.1 – the target of the current Covid-19 vaccine MOH rolled out on Oct 28. Given the relationship between the two strains, the vaccine is able to “provide protection against the MV.1 descendant”.
The spokesperson said: “According to foreign data, antibody titers opposed to recent variants are more than ten times older with the updated JN. 1 vaccine. An improvement in antibody grades is expected for the MV. 1 strain, which is genetically connected to the JN. 1 variant. »»
More than 35,000 people have received the latest vaccine, of whom 60 per cent are seniors. About 410,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in 2024. Prior to Oct 28, 2024, the vaccine given was targeted at the XBB.1.5 strain.
Moh said that Vaccines XBB. 1. 5 and Jn. 1 can charge opposite to the subvarious MV. 1, but the Jn vaccine. 1 must probably provide greater coverage. In fact, recently circulating strains, such as MV. 1, are more genetically connected and similar to Jn. 1 than XBB. 1. 5.
The spokesman added: “Currently, there is no indication that the MV.1 is more transmissible or causes more severe disease compared with previously identified variants.”
The COVVI-19 vaccine remains loose and should be had in the Polyclinic and around 500 general professionals.
Experts presented that those who are vulnerable obtain the reinforcement of the vaccine.
Professor Ooi Eng eong, an emerging disease expert at the Duke-Nu Faculty of Medicine, recommends revaccination “for the elderly and those who have chronic diseases where any infection can tip the scale for the worst. “
Professor Dale Fisher, senior representative for infectious diseases at National University Hospital, said other people would possibly need to get a spice boost before travelling. He took a spice before Europe this winter.
He added: “I vaccinated two weeks before I went to protect myself to my greatest vulnerability as a traveler and minimize the possibilities of destroying my trip. Without diseases after two weeks on the road. ” “
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong tested positive for Covid-19 earlier in December, his first brush with the disease. While he was feeling fine, he self-isolated, which is what MOH recommends, to prevent the spread of the disease.
Moh says that other people with Covid-19 who want to pass out with a mask and minimize social interactions.
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