SINGAPORE - Although Singapore has managed to reduce new infection cases to zero or just a few in the past few weeks, this does not mean that the country has successfully eliminated Covid-19 from the community, experts cautioned.
"From some of the global surveillance studies, we understand that more than half of the infected people are asymptomatic. So, unless we are able to screen everyone in Singapore, and to do so in a repeated manner, it will be unwise to proceed with the assumption that we have completely eliminated the virus in Singapore," Prof Teo said.
"Take the case of someone who is infected, diagnosed and reported. But not everyone who is infected is diagnosed, and this could be because he is asymptomatic, or not going to a doctor when ill," he said. More on this topic When this happens, the need to retain precautionary measures such as mask wearing, strict personal hygiene and social distancing becomes even more critical, he added.
He also pointed out that it could be tricky trying to estimate the proportion of asymptomatic cases, given the wide variation in estimated percentages and that people do have different thresholds before reporting symptoms.
It’s not gone and it will never be gone.. no need expert say we also know lah
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