Covid Singapore

2022 - 6 - 27

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Singapore's War On Covid Podcast: Crisis communication (The Straits Times)

This podcast series is based on selected chapters from a book detailing Singapore's experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJy Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn Channel: https://str.sg/wuJa This included bringing back the 1990s sitcom character Phua Chu Kang to persuade people to get vaccinated, and setting up a hotline call centre during the hurried switch to home recovery in late 2021 when the Delta variant raged. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST’s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled In This Together: Singapore's Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores.

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Singapore toddler dies of COVID-19; country's first coronavirus ... (CNA)

SINGAPORE: A one-and-a-half-year-old Singaporean boy who contracted the coronavirus died on Monday (Jun 27), becoming the country's first COVID-19 death ...

"We understand that KKH is in contact with the family to provide the necessary support.” This comes after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jun 18 recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old. He had a high fever and recurrent seizures, with a subsequent drop in consciousness, said MOH.

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Singaporean toddler aged 18 months dies of Covid-19, first death of ... (TODAY)

The cause of death is encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) due to Covid-19, respiratory syncytial virus and enterovirus infections. MOH said that the ...

“MOH extends our deepest condolences to the patient’s family. He had high fever and recurrent seizures, with a subsequent drop in consciousness. Those infected by the enterovirus, also a common virus, may have symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough, skin rash, mouth blisters and body aches. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement

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Singapore Reports First Covid Death Under 12 Years Old (Bloomberg)

An one-and-a-half year-old toddler who was infected with Covid-19 has passed away on Monday, marking the Singapore's first death caused by the virus in a ...

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Singapore reports first Covid-19 death below 12 years old - Borneo ... (The Borneo Post)

SINGAPORE (June 28): Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said it has been alerted that a one-and-a-half year-old Singaporean boy who had Covid-19 infection ...

“The cause of death was Encephalitis due to Covid-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Enterovirus infections. He was admitted to the Children’s Intensive Care Unit in critical condition on June 22, 2022, and was diagnosed with severe Meningoencephalitis. According to MOH, he was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) on the night of June 21, 2022, with a high fever and recurrent seizures, with a subsequent drop in consciousness.

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Son fought for his life, said father of Singapore toddler who died after ... (The Straits Times)

This is Singapore's first death caused by Covid-19 in a patient below 12. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The ministry expressed its condolences to the boy's family, adding that KKH was in contact with them to provide the necessary support. MOH said on Monday the boy had been taken to the KKH Children's Emergency Department on the night of June 21 with a high fever and recurrent seizures, and subsequently began to lose consciousness. The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Monday that an 18-month-old Singaporean boy had died from Covid-19, marking the first death here of a coronavirus patient below the age of 12.

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Baby dies after getting Covid-19 - first death in Singapore of patient ... (The Star Online)

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 1½-year-old boy who came down with Covid-19 has died, said the Ministry of Health.

A rate of more than 1 shows that the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing. The latest death takes Singapore's total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 1,409. The rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over that of the week before.

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Son fought to live: Father of 18-month S'porean toddler who died ... (Mothership.sg)

His son's passing from Covid-19 marks the first death in Singapore of a coronavirus patient below the age of 12. The Ministry of Health (MOH), which announced ...

The ministry said KKH was in contact with boy's family to provide the necessary support. MOH said on June 27 that the boy was admitted to the KKH Children's Emergency Department on June 21 night. He was then admitted to the Children's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition on June 22.

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