Original title: Singapore simplifies the procedures for responding to the new crown epidemic, close contacts who test negative for rapid antigens can return to school Source: CCTV News Client
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The Ministry of Education of Singapore and the Singapore Examinations and Evaluation Board jointly announced today (10th) that starting from the 11th, if teachers and students in primary and secondary schools across the country are in close contact with patients with COVID-19, they will no longer receive notices of absentee leave or permitted absences. Instead, he received a seven-day health risk warning from the Ministry of Health. Teachers and students who have received a health risk warning can return to school if they undergo rapid antigen test (ART) every day and the results are negative within 7 days. Higher education institutions will also take the same measures.
The Ministry of Health of Singapore announced on the 9th that it will simplify the medical procedures in response to the new crown epidemic. From the 11th, asymptomatic patients and close contacts of confirmed patients will no longer undergo polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Close contacts do not need to be quarantined. Instead, they will receive a health risk warning and can leave the house as long as the rapid antigen test is negative for the next seven days.
The Ministry of Health of Singapore has previously implemented the “Home Rehabilitation Plan”, which stipulates that patients with mild new coronary pneumonia under 70 years of age who have completed vaccination should recover at home; patients who recover at home without conditions can go to the community for isolation; only severe patients and patients over 70 years old Arrange hospitalization to reduce the pressure on the medical system.
Singapore has 3,703 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on the 9th, with a total of 124,157 confirmed cases;Death cases11 cases, 153 cases died. (Headquarters reporter Deng Xuemei)
(Edit Zhang Wenjun)
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