New COVID-19 Wave Hits Singapore

 The Republic of Singapore is reportedly experiencing a new wave of the COVID-19 virus, nearly five years after the global pandemic. Singaporean authorities have recorded over 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11, an increase from the 13,700 cases recorded the previous week and average daily hospitalizations rising to 250 from the prior 181. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has advised the public to start wearing masks again, as the wave is expected to peak between mid- and end of June. The Minister further implored those who are at greater risk of the disease like senior citizens and vulnerable individuals in care homes to receive an additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine if they have not done so in the last 12 months.

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Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) has instructed public hospitals to reduce their non-urgent elective surgery cases and move suitable patients to transitional care facilities or back home through Mobile Inpatient Care@Home, an alternative inpatient care delivery model that offers clinically suitable patients the option of being hospitalised in their own homes instead of a hospital ward.