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We are targeting community surveillance in areas that we think have an outbreak – Dr. Fong

We are targeting community surveillance in areas that we think have an outbreak – Dr. Fong

By Dhanjay Deo , Mohammed Feroz
03/01/2022
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr. James Fong

The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. James Fong says they are targeting their community surveillance in areas that they think have a COVID-19 outbreak.

He says they are not going everywhere swabbing everyone and are conducting targeted screenings.

Dr. Fong adds this is how things are done when a country has a vaccinated population.

Dr. Fong says previous public health measures that they had implemented were for a period when hardly anyone was vaccinated.

He says with the level of vaccination they have achieved, transmission has already been suppressed to a large extent.

The Permanent Secretary for Health says the best they can do now is to implement a few targeted measures that can suppress transmission in specific high risk places like hospitals and senior citizen homes.

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