XBB variant

SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 infection wave driven by the XBB recombinant variant is clearly "coming down" said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday (Oct 31), ...

This also makes us vulnerable because whenever there is a new subvariant (which is) very transmissible, we can be one of the first cities in the world to experience it,” said Mr Ong. It takes a lot of courage, determination and even sacrifice," said Mr Ong. “The measures include encouraging non-emergency cases to go to GP clinics or Urgent Care Centres instead of EDs. And in such a situation, when so many subvariants are circulating, there is always the possibility that two of them meet, get married, combine and become something new - what we call a recombinant subvariant such as the XBB (variant)," he added. “This could be because ... As of noon on Sunday, 3,240 new COVID-19 cases were recorded. He also emphasised the need to further build on manpower in the healthcare sector in the next one to three years, including strengthening the pool of care support staff. He noted that since the beginning of this year, healthcare workers staffing the emergency departments have had to handle a large number of patients due to the increase in those infected with the coronavirus and regular patients - whose care was disrupted by the pandemic. The Health Minister said he expects that the bivalent vaccines will be available to those in the younger age groups in a few weeks. The Health Minister also said that the COVID-19 situation in Singapore has stabilised, but the country is in a new phase of the pandemic and warned against complacency. Advertisement Speaking at the 20th-anniversary ceremony of the Health Management International (HMI) Institute, Mr Ong noted that Singapore dealt with the XBB variant with no safe management measures and masking requirements in place.

KUCHING (Nov 1): Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has advised the public to heed the Health Ministry's advice as the country is experiencing a ...

He told a press conference in Putrajaya that based on daily data, the number of new Covid-19 cases has increased by 16.5 per cent, from 14,525 cases in Epidemiological Week (EW) 42 to 16,917 cases in EW 43 (Oct 23 to 29). Yesterday, caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that Malaysia is currently experiencing a small wave of Covid-19 cases following the discovery of the Omicron XBB sub-variant in the country. KUCHING (Nov 1): Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has advised the public to heed the Health Ministry’s advice as the country is experiencing a small wave of Covid-19 cases following the emergence of the Omicron XBB sub-variant.

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