Tuesday, March 29, 2022

White Hair causes, B-complex 100, Zinc Supplements, Copper Supplements 白头发多不是老了. 而是缺两种营养.

白头发多不是老了，而是缺两种营养

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COVID-19 WhatsApp Message [Sent by Gov.sg – 29 Mar 2022]

[Sent by Gov.sg – 29 Mar]

*Easing of SMMs from 29 Mar*

✅ Group size: Max 10 pax for mask-off settings (incl. F&B dine-in)

✅ Household visitors: Max 10 pax at any one time

💼 Up to 75% of the workforce can return to office

🔹 Capacity limits for large events & settings (>1,000 pax) increased to 75%

😷 Mask wearing: optional outdoors, but required in indoor settings

↔️ 1m safe distancing required for mask-off settings

🌏 *Vaccinated Travel Framework from 1 Apr*

🔹 Fully vax travellers & non-fully vax children (≤12 y.o) can enter SG quarantine-free & w/o taking designated VTL transport

🔹 Required to take pre-departure test, but no testing upon arrival

➡️ *Expansion of Health Protocol 2 to cover those aged 12 mths to 2 y.o.*

*Exercise personal responsibility and observe SMMs as we move towards COVID-19 resilience*

go.gov.sg/mohpr240322

视频：微波炉辐射危害很大？3D动画揭示微波炉的工作原理-看过就明白了

视频：微波炉辐射危害很大？3D动画揭示微波炉的工作原理，看过就明白了

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Monday, March 28, 2022

My 14-plus-year Weight Management Records from 2007-05-28 to 2022-03-28 (by Calorie Restriction, i.e. Dietary Energy Restriction):

My 14-plus-year Weight Management Records from 2007-05-28 to 2022-03-28 (by Calorie Restriction, i.e. Dietary Energy Restriction):

Note: According to the Singapore Health Promotion Board, a Healthy BMI would fall between 18.5 to 22.9. A lower index would mean that the individual is at risk of nutrition deficiency diseases and osteoporosis. An index that is higher would mean that the individual is at risk of obesity-related diseases. (Ref: DD-P2016E02)

Total number of Monthly Weight monitored was 176 (100%)

The no. of times my BMI between 18.5 and 22.9 was 171 (97.15%)

The no. of times my BMI equal or more than 23.000 was 5 (2.85%)

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2007

2007-05-28 morning, my weight = 65.0 kg, BMI = 23.588

2007-06-28 morning, my weight = 61.0 kg, BMI = 22.136

2007-07-28 morning, my weight = 59.0 kg, BMI = 21.410

2007-08-28 morning, my weight = 58.7 kg, BMI = 21.302

2007-09-28 morning, my weight = 57.5 kg, BMI = 20.866

2007-10-28 morning, my weight = 57.5 kg, BMI = 20.866

2007-11-28 morning, my weight = 56.2 kg, BMI = 20.394
2007-12-28 morning, my weight = 55.5 kg, BMI = 20.140

2008

2008-01-28 morning, my weight = 54.8 kg, BMI = 19.886

2008-02-28 morning, my weight = 54.8 kg, BMI = 19.886

2008-03-28 morning, my weight = 54.5 kg, BMI = 19.777

2008-04-28 morning, my weight = 54.4 kg, BMI = 19.741

2008-05-28 morning, my weight = 54.1 kg, BMI = 19.632

2008-06-28 morning, my weight = 54.6 kg, BMI = 19.814

2008-07-28 morning, my weight = 54.5 kg, BMI = 19.777

2008-08-28 morning, my weight = 54.3 kg, BMI = 19.705

2008-09-28 morning, my weight = 54.9 kg, BMI = 19.923

2008-10-28 morning, my weight = 55.3 kg, BMI = 20.068

2008-11-28 morning, my weight = 54.5 kg, BMI = 19.777

2008-12-28 morning, my weight = 55.6 kg, BMI = 20.177
2009

2009-01-28 morning, my weight = 54.8 kg, BMI = 19.886

2009-02-28 morning, my weight = 55.9 kg, BMI = 20.285

2009-03-28 morning, my weight = 54.8 kg, BMI = 19.886

2009-04-28 morning, my weight = 55.3 kg, BMI = 20.068

2009-05-28 morning, my weight = 55.4 kg, BMI = 20.104.

2009-06-28 morning, my weight = 55.2 kg, BMI = 20.031

2009-07-28 morning, my weight = 55.1 kg, BMI = 19.995

2009-08-28 morning, my weight = 55.2 kg, BMI = 20.031

2009-09-28 morning, my weight = 56.3 kg, BMI = 20.431

2009-10-28 morning, my weight = 55.8 kg, BMI = 20.249

2009-11-28 morning, my weight = 56.2 kg, BMI = 20.394

2009-12-28 morning, my weight = 56.1 kg, BMI = 20.358
2010

2010-01-28 morning, my weight = 55.6 kg, BMI = 20.177

2010-02-28 morning, my weight = 56.5 kg, BMI = 20.503

2010-03-28 morning, my weight = 56.4 kg, BMI = 20.467

2010-04-28 morning, my weight = 55.7 kg, BMI = 20.213

2010-05-28 morning, my weight = 55.1 kg, BMI = 19.995

2010-06-28 morning, my weight = 56.4 kg, BMI = 20.467

2010-07-28 morning, my weight = 55.5 kg, BMI = 20.140

2010-08-28 morning, my weight = 55.8 kg, BMI = 20.249

2010-09-28 morning, my weight = 55.8 kg, BMI = 20.249

2010-10-28 morning, my weight = 55.4 kg, BMI = 20.104

2010-11-28 morning, my weight = 55.6 kg, BMI = 20.177

2010-12-28 morning, my weight = 55.5 kg, BMI = 20.140

2011
2011-01-28 morning, my weight = 55.4 kg, BMI = 20.104

2011-02-28 morning, my weight = 56.5 kg, BMI = 20.503

2011-03-28 morning, my weight = 55.6 kg, BMI = 20.177

2011-04-28 morning, my weight = 55.7 kg, BMI = 20.213

2011-05-28 morning, my weight = 55.6 kg, BMI = 20.177

2011-06-28 morning, my weight = 56.3 kg, BMI = 20.431

2011-07-28 morning, my weight = 56.5 kg, BMI = 20.503

2011-08-28 morning, my weight = 56.9 kg, BMI = 20.649

2011-09-28 morning, my weight = 56.2 kg, BMI = 20.394

2011-10-28 morning, my weight = 56.8 kg, BMI = 20.613

2011-11-28 morning, my weight = 59.0 kg, BMI = 21.410

2011-12-28 morning, my weight = 60.3 kg, BMI = 21.882

2012
2012-01-28 morning, my weight = 61.5 kg, BMI = 22.318

2012-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.7 kg, BMI = 22.753

2012-03-28 morning, my weight = 62.5 kg, BMI = 22.681

2012-04-28 morning, my weight = 61.3 kg, BMI = 22.246

2012-05-28 morning, my weight = 60.7 kg, BMI = 22.028

2012-06-28 morning, my weight = 60.6 kg, BMI = 21.992

2012-07-28 morning, my weight = 61.2 kg, BMI = 22.209

2012-08-28 morning, my weight = 60.8 kg, BMI = 22.064

2012-09-28 morning, my weight = 61.5 kg, BMI = 22.318**

2012-10-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg, BMI = 22.608

2012-11-28 morning, my weight = 63.4 kg, BMI = 23.008***

2012-12-28 morning, my weight = 62.9 kg, BMI = 22.826

2013
2013-01-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863

2013-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.1 kg, BMI = 22.536

2013-03-28 morning, my weight = 61.5 kg, BMI = 22.318

2013-04-28 12.45 pm, my weight = 63.1 kg, BMI = 22.899****

2013-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg, BMI = 22.608

2013-06-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572

2013-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.645

2013-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg BMI = 22.717

2013-09-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg BMI = 22.645**

2013-10-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg BMI = 22.609

2013-11-28 morning, my weight = 63.1 kg BMI = 22.899

2013-12-28 morning, my weight = 64.4 kg BMI = 23.371
2014

2014-01-28 morning, my weight = 63.6 kg, BMI = 23.080

2014-02-28 morning, my weight = 63.3 kg, BMI = 22.971

2014-03-28 morning, my weight = 62.7 kg, BMI = 22.753

2014-04-28 morning, my weight = 62.7 kg, BMI = 22.753

2014-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.9 kg, BMI = 22.826

2014-06-28 morning, my weight = 63.1 kg BMI = 22.899

2014-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.7 kg, BMI = 22.753
2014-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2014-09-28 morning, my weight = 61.2 kg, BMI = 22.209
2014-10-28 morning, my weight = 61.4 kg, BMI = 22.282
2014-11-28 morning, my weight = 60.2 kg, BMI = 21.846
2014-12-28 morning, my weight = 60.8 kg, BMI = 22.064
2015
2015-01-28 morning, my weight = 61.3 kg, BMI = 22.246
2015-02-28 morning, my weight = 61.8 kg, BMI = 22.427
2015-03-28 morning, my weight = 61.8 kg, BMI = 22.427
2015-04-28 morning, my weight = 62,5. kg, BMI = 22.681
2015-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.645
2015-06-28 morning, my weight = 63.6 kg, BMI = 23.080
2015-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg BMI = 22.609
2015-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2015-09-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863
2015-10-28 morning, my weight = 63.2 kg, BMI = 22.935
2015-11-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg, BMI = 22.717
2015-12-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg BMI = 22.609
2016
2016-01-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863
2016-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.8 kg, BMI = 22.790
2016-03-28 morning, my weight = 62.0 kg, BMI = 22.499
2016-04-28 morning, my weight = 62.0 kg, BMI = 22.499
2016-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.645
2016-06-28 morning, my weight = 62.1 kg, BMI = 22.536
2016-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2016-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg, BMI = 22.717
2016-09-28 morning, my weight = 62.8 kg, BMI = 22.790
2016-10-28 morning, my weight = 62,5. kg, BMI = 22.681
2016-11-28 morning, my weight = 62.1 kg, BMI = 22.536
2016-12-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg, BMI = 22.608
2017
2017-01-28 morning, my weight = 62.9 kg, BMI = 22.826
2017-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.644
2017-03-28 morning, my weight = 62.8 kg, BMI = 22.789
2017-04-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg, BMI = 22.609
2017-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2017-06-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg, BMI = 22.717
2017-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.645
2017-08-28 morning, my weight = 61.9 kg, BMI = 22.463
2017-09-28 morning, my weight = 62.0 kg, BMI = 22.499
2017-10-28 morning, my weight = 62.0 kg, BMI = 22.499
2017-11-28 morning, my weight = 61.5 kg, BMI = 22.318

2017-12-28 morning, my weight = 61.5 kg, BMI = 22.318
2018

My Weight 2018-01-28 0934 hr 61.0 kg BMI 22.136

My Weight 2018-02-28 0915 hr 60.7 kg BMI 22.027

My Weight 2018-03-28 0620 hr 61.0 kg BMI 22.136

My Weight 2018-04-28 1005 hr 61.7 kg BMI 22.390

My Weight 2018-05-28 0856 hr 60.5 kg BMI 21.955

My Weight 2018-06-28 0600 hr 61.4 kg BMI 22.281

My Weight 2018-07-28 0600 hr 62.2 kg BMI 22.572

My Weight 2018-08-28 0720 hr 61.4 kg BMI 22.281

My Weight 2018-09-28 0805 hr 62.1 kg BMI 22.535

My Weight 2018-10-28 0750 hr 61.3 kg BMI 22.24

My Weight 2018-11-28 1000 hr 61.5 kg BMI 22.318

My Weight 2018-12-28 0650 hr 62.5 kg BMI 22.681

2019

2019-01-28 at 1000 hr 60.9 kg BMI 22.100

2019-02-28 at 0946 hr 61.0 kg BMI 22.136

2019-03-28 at 0700 hr 62.4 kg BMI 22.644

2019-04-28 at 0828 hr 62.9 kg BMI 22.826

2019-05-28 at 0745 hr 62.4 kg BMI 22.826

2019-06-28 at 0650 hr 62.4 kg BMI 22.644

2019-07-28 at 0736 hr 62.8 kg BMI 22.789

2019-08-28 at 0629 hr 62.4 kg BMI 22.644

2019-09-28 at 0644 hr 61.9 kg BMI 22.463

2019-10-28 at 0740 hr 62.5 kg BMI 22.681

2019-11-28 at 0632 hr 62.8 kg BMI 22.789

2019-12-28 at 0726 hr 62.5 kg BMI 22.681

2020

My Weight 2020-01-28 0625 HR 62.6 kg BMI 22.717

My Weight 2020-02-28 0728 HR 62.3 kg BMI 22.608

My Weight 2020-03-28 0649 HR 61.4 kg BMI 22.281

My Weight 2020-04-28 0810 HR 62.0 kg BMI 22.499

My Weight 2020-05-28 0714 HR 62.3 kg BMI 22.608

My Weight 2020-06-28 0757 HR 60.2 kg BMI 21.846

My Weight 2020-07-28 0715 HR 61.6 kg BMI 22.354

My Weight 2020-08-28 0707 HR 61.1 kg BMI 22.173

My Weight 2020-09-28 0609 HR 60.8 kg BMI 22.064

My Weight 2020-10-28 0818 HR 60.7 kg BMI 22.027

My Weight 2020-11-28 0706 HR 60.9 kg BMI 22.100

My Weight 2020-12-28 0631 HR 60.5 kg BMI 21.955

2021

My Weight 2021-01-28 0638 HR 61.3 kg BMI 22.245

My Weight 2021-02-28 0741 HR 61.2 kg BMI 22.209

My Weight 2021-03-28 0659 HR 61.3 kg BMI 22.245

My Weight 2021-04-28 0659 HR 61.1 kg BMI 22.173

My Weight 2021-05-28 0618 HR 61.1 kg BMI 22.173

My Weight 2021-06-28 0604 HR 61.3 kg BMI 22.245

My Weight 2021-07-28 0642 HR 61.2 kg BMI 22.209

My Weight 2021-08-28 0653 HR 61.5 kg BMI 22.318

My Weight 2021-09-28 0618 HR 61.5 kg BMI 22.318

My Weight 2021-10-28 0549 HR 61.0 kg BMI 22.136

My Weight 2021-11-28 0630 HR 61.3 kg BMI 22.245

My Weight 2021-12-28 0528 HR 61.6 kg BMI 22.354

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2022

My Weight 2022-01-28 0910 HR 61.1 kg BMI 22.173

My Weight 2022-02-28 0642 HR 61.2 kg BMI 22.209

My Weight 2022-03-28 0649 HR 61.4 kg BMI 22.281

Note

My current BMI is within the healthy range of 18.5 to 22.9.

For me, the range of healthy weight is 50.9786 kg (BMI = 18.5) to 63.10324 kg (BMI = 22.9).

People with BMI values of 23 kg/m2 (or 25 kg/m2 according to some sources) and above have been found to be at risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.

To be healthy, I must have a healthy weight.

Be as lean as possible without being underweight, as recommended by World Cancer Prevention Foundation, United Kingdom.

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Note: From 2021-05-28, I have removed the unimportant minute details of old records from My Weight Management Records.

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Ref. WeightManagement

My Weight on 2022-03-28

My Weight

2022-03-28

0808 HR

61.4 kg

BMI 22.281

Sunday, March 27, 2022

一图看完儒家-道家-佛家的区别！

一图看完儒家、道家、佛家的区别！

看完之后，发现还是儒家比较符合当世的价值取向！道家隐世，佛家出世，向往这两个的前提是得先看破红尘啊！山中的道士、庙中的和尚，隐居倒是容易，但是在躁动的世界中能耐得住寂寞、守得住清贫吗？

Covid-19 今年（2022）至今418人因冠病病逝。多数70岁以上未打追加剂居多。

Health Matters: Lots of medical care but not enough health - a new reset button (Straits Times 2022-03-26)

Lots of medical care but not enough health - a new reset button

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/lots-of-medical-care-but-not-enough-health-a-new-reset-button

In my opinion, there have been two times in the recent past when nearly revolutionary policy statements have been made by our leaders that have signalled reset buttons.

One was on society's development on gender equality made by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam in 2020. The other is the statement by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in Parliament this month, on preventive and public health.

Both these reset buttons will force us to rethink the way we do things. Singapore is on the path to a more gender-equal and a healthier society as we await the White Papers in these two areas.

I want to focus in this article on the changes to come in healthcare, especially the pivot to preventive care. Under the catchy term Healthier SG, it is a nationwide initiative to get Singaporeans and the healthcare system to focus on keeping healthy rather than just paying attention to health only when ill.

Or as Mr Ong described it: "We usually associate better healthcare with fascinating medical technology or heroics in the operating theatre. Those are important, but good health is more likely to come from an accumulation of the humdrum and the mundane. Because as the saying goes, 'prevention is better than cure'."

As he quipped, the focus is to maintain health not treat sickness and "that is why we are not called the Ministry of Sickness, we are called the Ministry of Health".

This is a welcome and necessary shift in emphasis.

For too long, medicine has been immersed in sick care but not enough health. We must now turn our attention to health and healthcare if we don't want our population just to live longer but also to have concomitant improvement of their health and well-being. This requires making thoughtful policy adjustments that affect health.

We have to look beyond the traditional 30 per cent of the healthcare pie that is focused on medical care and genetics, to the social, behavioural and environmental determinants of health, which we know account for roughly 70 per cent of overall health outcomes and which, in the past, have received far less attention.

At every stage in life, health is determined by complex interactions between social and economic factors, the physical environment and individual behaviour. They do not exist in isolation from one another.

In addition, developed societies are now focusing on using data and advanced technologies to augment medicine towards precision medicine. This is defined as an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person.

This is in contrast to a one-size-fits-all approach, in which disease treatment and prevention strategies are developed for the average person, with less consideration for the differences between individuals.

Singapore with its strong biomedical sector is well on its way on this route of precision medicine.

It has a 10-year National Precision Medicine (NPM) strategy. A central entity, Precision Health Research, Singapore (Precise) coordinates the whole-of-government effort to implement this strategy.

According to the NPM website: "NPM Phase II aims to transform healthcare in Singapore and improve patient outcomes through new insights into the Asian genome and data-driven healthcare solutions."

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Singapore can expand the precision approach to precision health and healthcare to fulfil what has been announced in the new health agenda.

In precision medicine, a person's genetic profile, family history and life circumstances are used to help her understand her own health and disease risks, so preventive measures and treatment options can be personalised.

Precision health is broader - it goes beyond the use of precision medicine, and includes healthcare approaches such as disease prevention and health promotion activities that take place outside a clinic or hospital.

As the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention puts it: "Precision health involves approaches that everyone can do on their own to protect their health as well as steps that public health can take (sometimes called "precision public health").

The vision in precision health encompasses the prediction and prevention of disease, and the management of health in the population.

The new health policy announced by Minister Ong will help Singapore do better in preventing and reducing the incidence of chronic diseases; and can usher in significant changes in management of chronic diseases, by pairing patients with a team of dedicated general practitioners as dedicated family physicians through their life cycle.

Poor diet, smoking, alcohol abuse, inadequate physical activity, stress and inadequate sleep are all behaviours that create risks for chronic diseases.

Stronger patient-doctor relationships can give doctors more authority to offer personalised medical advice. Such ties can hopefully also encourage patient compliance with treatment options and spur them to make the necessary behavioural changes to lead healthier lives.

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Multi-pronged push to modify behaviours

Ongoing research has revealed the biological connections between cardiovascular disease and several cancers to poor diet and inadequate fitness.

Epidemiologists call these "modifiable risk factors" to indicate that these behaviours can often be modified to prevent and reduce health risks.

The latest science indicates that improvements in behaviours can be achieved through comprehensive, sustained efforts across many domains, including schools, homes and workplaces.

Social scientists call this a multifactorial approach to changing behaviours. We have some experience in this area. In 2015, the Health Promotion Board launched the National Steps Challenge. This was a large-scale public health intervention to get sedentary citizens up from their seats and on their feet. It has managed to increase population-level physical activity through incidental daily walking. This was done through multi-level interventions integrating technology, behavioural economics, gamification, marketing, communications and community linkages. Intervention components included giving participants fitness trackers and encouraging people to hit targets for daily steps to win points to redeem rewards.

The latest science indicates that improvements in behaviours can be achieved through comprehensive, sustained efforts across many domains, including schools. PHOTO: ST FILE

Another multifactorial approach used in Singapore to change behaviour and reduce the incidence of chronic diseases is our strategy to reduce smoking.

There are ongoing public health education programmes complemented by health promotion measures such as the use of legislation, control of non-smoking areas, control of sale, fiscal measures and provision of cessation services. These have worked together to help keep the smoking prevalence in Singapore among the lowest in the world.

We could also emulate a "Fat Watch" campaign, run in partnership with supermarkets and other private sector allies, and which brought favourable changes in the consumption of saturated fats in the Netherlands.

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It is therefore imperative that leaders of all relevant sectors in the state come together to collaborate on policies that will promote healthy behaviours at the many touch points outlined.

Specifically, the following sectors must work collaboratively to promote healthy behaviour - schools, community centres, town councils, employers, health insurance companies, the food industry, physicians, philanthropies, media and opinion leaders.

For tangible results, we need a whole-of-nation approach. We will see the path more clearly when the White Paper is revealed.

Without relevant changes in health and social policy, we will continue to see increasing healthcare costs in Singapore. The increase is not only due to the direct costs of healthcare services to treat diseases - costs paid by individuals, families, insurance companies and employers, but also the indirect costs that relate to work absences and reduced economic productivity.

We cannot moderate increasing healthcare costs by just looking at the delivery of medical care in clinics and hospitals and attributing most of the increase to our ageing population.

So, we can see that there can be a virtuous cycle - precision health policy can lead to productivity increase and better population health.

This will ensure that the sentiments of the Minister for Health will be realised, "forcing us to rethink the way we do things to be better, to be smarter".

Dr Kanwaljit Soin is an orthopaedic and hand surgeon and a former Nominated MP.

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Covid-19 (In graphs) 2022-01-27 to 2022-03-26 Situation of Singapore

COVID-19 2022-03-26 Singapore situation as of 12.00 pm

Singapore reports 6,434 new Covid-19 cases, infection ratio down for 25th day

There were seven deaths reported on Saturday.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-reports-6434-new-covid-19-cases-infection-ratio-down-for-25th-day

Singapore reports 6,434 new Covid-19 cases, infection ratio down for 25th day

The total number of cases recorded in Singapore stands at 1,067,157.

Ang Qing

PUBLISHED 2022-03-26

SINGAPORE - The total number of daily Covid-19 cases in Singapore dropped to 6,434 cases on Saturday (March 26), while the number of people hospitalised fell to 731.

This is down from 7,584 infections and 826 hospitalisations a day earlier.

There were seven deaths reported on Saturday.

The Covid-19 week-on-week infection ratio remained below one for the 25th straight day at 0.77, the Ministry of Health (MOH) website said in its nightly update.

The week-on-week infection ratio refers to the ratio of community cases in the past week compared with the week before. A ratio of more than one indicates that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.

There were 24 patients in the intensive care unit and 93 needed oxygen supplementation.

Of the local cases, 5,443 were detected through antigen rapid tests (ART), which means they were assessed by a doctor to have mild symptoms and of low risk.

Another 869 cases were detected through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.

There were 122 new imported cases, of which 29 were detected through PCR tests and 93 through ARTs.

The total number of deaths is now 1,246.

The total number of cases recorded in Singapore stands at 1,067,157.

Singapore crossed the one million mark for the total number of Covid-19 cases last Saturday.

About 95 per cent of the eligible population in Singapore have completed their full vaccination regimen, and 71 per cent of the total population have received their booster shots.

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