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Singapore's plan for a post vaccination world in which Covid is unlikely to be eliminated and will continue to circulate especially in the unvaccinated population  The plan is roughly as follows: Instead of daily infection numbers, the focus will be on outcomes: How many fall very sick, how many in ICU A fully vaccinated person can recover at home if infected as symptoms will be mostly mild with vaccination. Risk of transmission will be low as others will also be vaccinated. There’ll be less worry about healthcare system being overwhelmed. No need for massive contact tracing, quarantining with each new infection. Those with positive results from regular fast and easy tests can confirm with a PCR test and then isolate themselves. Large gatherings allowed at major events, like the National Day Parade Businesses will have certainty that their operations will not be disrupted. Travel will restart, at least to countries that have achieved high level of vaccination and controlled the vir...

Only 0.05 per cent of vaccinated healthcare workers got severe Covid that required intensive care, showed a recent study released by Fortis Healthcare. The study covered over 16,000 healthcare workers across Fortis hospitals in the country, who were administered both first and second doses of the vaccine between January 2021 and May 2021.  Fortis said that this period included the period when India was recording 350,000-400,000 daily Covid-19 cases and these healthcare workers were treating Covid patients. Since healthcare workers by the nature of their job are at highest risk of exposure to the virus, the performance of the vaccines will be even better in case of the common man who is not exposed to such conditions. Read more: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/only-0-05-fully-vaccinated-healthcare-workers-got-severe-covid-fortis-121061701236_1.html