Report: Vaccinated Comprise 75% of Coronavirus Infections in Singapore
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Vaccinated individuals comprise the majority of new coronavirus infections in Singapore, according to government data.
According to Reuters, vaccinated people
made up three-quarters of the country’s coronavirus infections in the last month, although severe cases among the vaccinated have been limited:
“There is continuing evidence that vaccination helps to prevent serious disease when one gets infected,” the health ministry said in a statement, noting fully vaccinated people generally exhibit mild symptoms or none at all.
Singapore boasts a high vaccination rate, as 75 percent of the 5.7 million in the country have received the jab.
The Singapore Ministry of Health
announced in early July that it would only count recipients of the American made Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines as vaccinated for the purposes of national statistics. Vaccinated individuals who have contracted the coronavirus are presumably recipients of one of the American products. Individuals who received other options such as Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine or one of several Chinese products officially count as unvaccinated.
The news comes as the Biden White House urges Americans to get vaccinated as the delta variant spreads across the U.S. Notably, White House press secretary
Jen Psaki cited findings revealing that vaccinated people are more concerned about the variant’s spread than the unvaccinated.
“I believe it was a CBS poll — that showed that vaccinated people in the country are more fearful about the Delta variant than unvaccinated people,” she
said.
“That’s clearly concerning to us because unvaccinated people should be more fearful. And what the President wanted to convey to people in the country is the impact and effect of getting vaccinated,” she added.
Meanwhile, Texas state Rep. Donna Howard (D), one of the fully vaccinated Texas state lawmakers who tested for the coronavirus after fleeing to Washington, D.C., alongside her maskless colleagues to prevent House Republicans from pursuing election integrity measures, is now among those
calling for a universal mask mandate.
Report: Vaccinated Comprise 75% of Coronavirus Infections in Singapore (breitbart.com)