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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cUnlike the earlier KTV cluster which largely affected younger population segments, the current Jurong Fishery Port cluster is spreading among a wider segment of the population including the elderly who are at the highest risk should they contract the virus,\u201d said the co-chair of the Multi Ministry Taskforce (MTF) on COVID-19 Gan Kim Yong, at a virtual press conference today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has also spread to several markets in the community, which are frequented by seniors,\u201d said Gan who is also the republic\u2019s Minister for Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gan said about 81 seniors aged 60 and above were infected over the last seven days, and among them 12 were unvaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is of great concern to us because almost 30 per cent of the elderly population above 70 years old remain unvaccinated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, Gan noted that close to 50 per cent of Singapore resident population still not fully vaccinated and therefore not fully protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGiven the speed of infections and the rate the new clusters growing, we will need to temporarily slow down the spread of the virus to give us time to raise the coverage of a vaccination program especially among the older population to protect them against the infection,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between July 12 and July 18, 2021, MTF said it detected an average of 46 community cases per day and it is the highest number of daily cases it had detected since April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The porous nature of wet markets and hawker food centres which serve a range of customers including vulnerable seniors also increases the risk of undetected cryptic transmission, said the Taskforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work-from-home will continue to be the default at workplaces under the reversion to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of July 18, Singapore has administered a total of 6,794,394 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme and of the number 2,747,489 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MTF noted that it remained on track to having two-thirds of its population complete the vaccination regimen by National Day of Aug 9, and is aiming for much higher coverage amongst the seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of noon\u00a0July 19, a total of\u00a0179\u00a0cases have been\u00a0linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and 193\u00a0to the KTV cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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