By The SUN
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| Those who contracted Covid in March or earlier should get their next jab now, say doctors |
Health officials are
calling on those who got infected in the massive outbreak of Covid-19
infections early this year to get their next vaccine shot to protect themselves
from the disease.
The call came as the
government reported 10,683 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the biggest daily
tally since Mar 24. The cases included 194 that were imported from various
countries.
There were also eight
deaths.
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Dr Albert Au of the
Centre for Health Protection said those who contracted the virus in March or
earlier are due for their additional vaccine dose now as their antibody levels
would have dipped, giving them less protection against a new infection.
As other health
experts have pointed out, even those who have had three jabs could still get infected, although their symptoms, if they have any, are far less severe
than those who did not complete three
doses.
According to Au, the
rise in the infection tally is due to the more infections BA.4 or 5 Omicron
sub-variant which now account for 64.4 percent of all cases.
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He said that based on
various indicators, the infection has yet to peak, which means the cases will
still rise in the coming days.
"Although we are not
seeing an exponential rise in cases like what we experienced in February and
March, the number of daily infections has doubled to 10,000 since the middle of
August,” he said.
“We expect the upward
trend to continue.”
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The eight Covid-related
deaths involved four men and four women aged 59 to 102. Only one was
triple-jabbed, while one was never vaccinated. The remaining six had one or two
doses.
There are now 2,793
patients receiving treatment at public hospitals, after 356 more were admitted
in the past 24 hours.
Among them, 64 are in critical condition,
including 18 in intensive care; while 54 have severe symptoms.
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The infected patients
included three patients and one staff who tested positive in Yan Chai Hospital
during contract tracing done after an 84-year-old patient was found infected
earlier.
All the patients are
in stable condition, while admission to the ward was stopped for disinfection
and cleansing.
Of the 193 imported
cases, 75 were detected on arrival at the airport, 44 during the three-day
hotel quarantine and 58 afterwards. A further 16 cases were found after day 7,
but they are suspected to be re-positive cases because of the low viral load.
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The patients came from
44 countries, with the following having more than 10 cases: India, 29; the
Philippines and United States, 21 each; United Kingdom, 19 and Thailand, 13.
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