SINGAPORE, May 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Health Ministry has required public hospitals to move suitable patients to transitional or home care facilities, to ensure bed capacity for COVID-19 resurgence, according to a statement issued, yesterday.
The ministry also asked public hospitals to reduce non-urgent surgeries, as part of the precaution measures.
The estimated COVID-19 cases between May 5 and May 11 rose to 25,900, from 13,700 in the previous week, the ministry said, adding that, the average daily COVID-19 hospitalisations rose to 250 from 181.
The KP.1 and KP.2 variants account for over two-thirds of COVID-19 cases in Singapore. The ministry called on residents to step up vaccination, to protect against severe illness.– NNN-XINHUA
