Singapore Nov 1 – The Singaporean minister warned that After a period of time Singapore could die of as many as 2,000 people a year from the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease, most of them elderly. The authorities will try to avoid undue deaths.
Mr. Janil Puthukhiri, Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of the Ministry of Communications and Information announced to Parliament today that Singapore had a 0.2 percent mortality rate from COVID-19, similar to the pre-COVID-19 pneumonia death rate, but over time. The total mortality rate will increase. Even with the best public health measures There could be as many as 2,000 deaths a year from COVID-19, while the pre-COVID-19 death rate was 4,000 a year, but Singapore is trying to stay alive. coexist with this disease without causing excessive deaths compared to normal times without COVID
Singapore’s population of 5 million, 4 hundred and fifty thousand people have been vaccinated with a complete dose of at least 80 percent. Of those who died in the past six months, 95% were over 60 and 72% had not been fully vaccinated. The official announced on October 20 that it would extend the restriction measures to contain the outbreak for another month to ease the strain on the health system after more infections were found.
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