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SINGAPORE: The team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has been here before. For the first time since February, there are only around 20 COVID-19 patients warded in the NCID. At its peak, it had around 500 patients. The NCID screening centre, led by TTSH’s emergency department, is scaling down. And it feels almost like it was when CNA Insider first met the team. During the lull of late February to early March, Singapore’s recovery rates outpaced infections. And going back to business as usual was an option for the hospital. But it soon proved to be the last thing possible when travellers and returning Singaporeans brought a wave of cases to the screening centre. For close to seven months, our cameras kept rolling. In our final interview with Charmaine Manauis, who is part of the team leading efforts at the screening centre, the doctor finally does not look like she is rushing somewhere. We ask her how she feels … [Read more...] about Tired staff, but pushing on: How TTSH-NCID responded to COVID-19 from day one

BEIJING: Global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases. In China, where the earliest wide-scale lockdown measures began, new reports of diseases including mumps, measles and some sexually transmitted diseases, have declined significantly, though influenza cases have seen the sharpest drop off. Infections reported monthly by the county's health ministry have dropped by over 90 per cent since the beginning of the lockdown, from an average of around 290,000 cases a month to 23,000. Canada's flu surveillance system also reported "exceptionally low levels" of influenza in a recent report, as did other countries that report weekly flu surveillance statistics including the UK and Australia. In its most recent weekly report, South Korea's infectious disease portal reported an 83 per cent decrease in cases from … [Read more...] about Seasonal flu reports hit record lows amid global social distancing

As India gears to vaccinate all citizens above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities from March 1, the centre on Saturday released the list of 20 comorbidities that would be covered for vaccination. The document will work as a certificate to identify individuals with comorbidities that enhance the risk of mortality in Covid-19 disease and must be signed by a registered medical practitioner for priority vaccination. The list of comorbidities includes cardiovascular ailments, diabetes , hypertension, cancer , AIDS and persons with disabilities. According to the centre’s estimates, around 27 crore people belong to these categories. While phase-2 of vaccination is good progress towards protecting the high-risk groups against severe Covid-19 disease, however, experts are witnessing hesitation among patients especially with underlying health conditions. Medical experts said that they have been receiving queries from patients seeking advice on whether they … [Read more...] about Doctors urge people with comorbidities to take Covid-19 vaccine without hesitation