The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reached its peak in Singapore, with doctors warning that clinics across the country are being flooded with patients. Channel News Asia reports that clinics in Singapore are already making plans to increase staffing and medicine supplies in anticipation of another surge in the coming months.
Currently, Healthway Medical’s 57 clinics are seeing an average of 50 to 60 patients with respiratory infections each day, the report said.
This is about 10% higher than normal case numbers, but down slightly from the peak around Christmas.
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Singapore’s OneCare Medical also saw stabilization in the number of COVID-19 cases across its 38 clinics. It is unlikely that the number of infected people will increase significantly again in the short term.
“We feel that ARI (acute respiratory infections) have already peaked, so numbers should stabilize and perhaps slowly decline over the next few weeks, returning to normal baseline numbers,” CNA OneCare said. Quoting Medical CEO Dr. Jimmy Choo. .
Doctors say the threat of a resurgence of the virus looms next month as the Lunar New Year approaches.
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However, the number of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) is decreasing. According to The Straits Times, 496 patients were admitted between December 24 and December 30, compared to 864 in the previous week.
In the last week of December, 13 people required intensive care, compared to 23 the week before.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Singapore spiked mainly between December 10 and December 16, with an estimated 58,300 people infected.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that hospitalizations in the United States increased by 20.4% in the week ending December 30th.
The agency added that the new coronavirus subvariant JN.1 accounts for about 62% of cases in the United States.
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JN.1 is currently the most widely circulating variant in the U.S. and around the world, according to the CDC.
It is the predominant variant in Europe and is also surging in Asia, according to the CDC.
The World Health Organization in December classified JN.1 as a “variant of interest” and said current evidence shows the strain poses a low risk to public health.
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