Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Health in light of living with COVID-19 as an endemic disease (a) to what extent is TraceTogether still utilised as a contact tracing tool; (b) whether there are any plans to transition towards user-oriented contact exposure technology, such as Novid; (c) whether there are any plans or specificContinue reading “PLANS FOR CONTINUING WITH TRACETOGETHER AS COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING TOOL”
Category Archives: Ministry of Health
AVAILABILITY OF OVER-THE-COUNTER THERAPEUTIC DRUGS FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Health (a) whether HSA intends to make available any therapeutic drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 over the counter; and (b) if so, what are the drugs that are currently under evaluation for this purpose. Mr Ong Ye Kung: A medicine could be made available over-the-counter without aContinue reading “AVAILABILITY OF OVER-THE-COUNTER THERAPEUTIC DRUGS FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT”
VACCINATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND POSSIBILITY OF VACCINATION-DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES FOR PRESCHOOLS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sir, I have two supplementary questions. The first pertains to a subject I believe that was covered both by the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education. This concerns the apprehension some parents have over the administration of mRNA vaccines for their children. These parents anecdotally areContinue reading “VACCINATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND POSSIBILITY OF VACCINATION-DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES FOR PRESCHOOLS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS”
UPDATE ON INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING OF POLYCLINIC, DIALYSIS CENTRE AND NURSING HOME AT JALAN DAMAI
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Health whether the Ministry remains on track to deliver the integrated development comprising a polyclinic, dialysis centre and nursing home at Jalan Damai by 2024. Mr Ong Ye Kung: The proposed integrated development at Jalan Damai, comprising the new Kaki Bukit Polyclinic, kidney dialysis centre and nursing home was first announcedContinue reading “UPDATE ON INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING OF POLYCLINIC, DIALYSIS CENTRE AND NURSING HOME AT JALAN DAMAI”
IMPLICATION OF NEW PROTOCOL FOR PCR TEST RESULTS FOR RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENTS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Health whether the protocol that disregards active polymerase chain reaction test results for recovered COVID-19 individuals, as long as their cycle threshold (CT) values are sufficiently high, is also applied to newly-detected (and especially asymptomatic) cases which may be at the beginning or tail end of their infection.Continue reading “IMPLICATION OF NEW PROTOCOL FOR PCR TEST RESULTS FOR RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENTS”
TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO EXPLAIN NATURE OF POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION CYCLE THRESHOLD (CT) VALUES TO COVID-19 PATIENTS AND RELEASE CT VALUES TO PATIENTS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Health (a) whether medical personnel are trained to explain the nature of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) cycle threshold (CT) values to COVID‐19 patients; and (b) whether it is in the standard operating procedures not to release the CT values to the COVID‐19 patients when such values areContinue reading “TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO EXPLAIN NATURE OF POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION CYCLE THRESHOLD (CT) VALUES TO COVID-19 PATIENTS AND RELEASE CT VALUES TO PATIENTS”
DATA ON CHILDREN AGED 12 AND ABOVE WHO REMAIN UNVACCINATED FROM COVID-19
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Health (a) how many children in Singapore aged 12 and above remain unvaccinated from COVID-19, broken down by (i) age group (ii) race (iii) whether citizen, permanent resident or foreigner and (iv) employment status; and (b) of those who are still unvaccinated, how many are medically ineligible for vaccination,Continue reading “DATA ON CHILDREN AGED 12 AND ABOVE WHO REMAIN UNVACCINATED FROM COVID-19”
GOVERNMENT’S PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR NEW COVID-19 ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Health with regard to the COVID-19 anti-viral drugs Paxlovid and Molnupiravir (a) whether the Government (i) has signed a purchase agreement for Paxlovid and (ii) is considering to sign further purchase agreements for Molnupiravir; (b) what is the number of courses purchased for each of these drugs; (c)Continue reading “GOVERNMENT’S PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR NEW COVID-19 ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS”
ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON YOUNGER CHILDREN AND SINGAPORE’S DECISION TO EXTEND VACCINATION TO YOUNGER CHILDREN
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Health (a) what are the potential risks or side effects of taking COVID-19 vaccination for persons (i) between ages 12 and 18 and (ii) ages below 12; (b) whether the Government will consider not mandating vaccination for these groups of persons until more is known about the possibleContinue reading “ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON YOUNGER CHILDREN AND SINGAPORE’S DECISION TO EXTEND VACCINATION TO YOUNGER CHILDREN”
UPDATE ON COVID-19 WORKPLACE AND AND VACCINATION DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Health with regard to the number of deaths in Singapore due to COVID-19 in 2021 (a) how many were fully vaccinated at the at the time of infection; and (b) of the deceased who were fully vaccinated, what is the breakdown in numbers of those who received vaccinesContinue reading “UPDATE ON COVID-19 WORKPLACE AND AND VACCINATION DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES”
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