ASEAN HEADLINES| SINGAPORE: Covid-19 hospitalisations rise to 280 over past week, seniors urged to get another vaccine shot
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SINGAPORE: Covid-19 hospitalisations rise to 280 over past week, seniors urged to get another vaccine shot
SINGAPORE – The number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 has increased to about 280 over the past week, said Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung, as he reiterated his call for the vulnerable to get an additional shot of the vaccine.
To make it more convenient for vulnerable seniors to get their vaccinations, mobile Covid-19 vaccination teams will be deployed at selected heartland locations across the island from now until June 28.
The number of Covid-19 hospitalisations has been increasing in recent weeks, with around 250 such cases for the week of May 5 to May 11, up from 181 the week before that.
THAILAND: 43 turbulence injured remain hospitalised in Bangkok
ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – A total of 43 passengers injured during severe air turbulence on Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 on May 21 remain hospitalised yesterday, said the Bangkok hospital treating most of the passengers.
According to an update from Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, 34 passengers remain on its premises as at noon yesterday. Another seven are at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital and two are at Bangkok Hospital.
The 34 at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital – comprising 15 men and 19 women – hail from countries such as Australia, Britain, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Seven are in the intensive care unit (ICU).
The hospital added that two patients have been discharged from Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, while two patients were transferred from Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital to join their hospitalised relatives. It was reported on May 24 that a Singaporean who was previously in the ICU at a Bangkok hospital has been discharged. Samitivej is a group of private hospitals that typically serves Bangkok’s higher-income and expatriate population.
Flight SQ321, which was heading to Singapore from London, experienced sudden extreme turbulence on May 21 over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar. One passenger – 73-year-old Briton Geoffrey Kitchen – died while dozens were injured. The pilot diverted the Boeing 777-300ER carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after declaring a medical emergency, before making an emergency landing at 3.45pm.
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