Singapore records 6,888 new Covid-19 cases; experts say spike in cases could be due to F1 Grand Prix, travel
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SINGAPORE - There were 6,888 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, a jump from the 2,587 new local cases the day before. There is usually a spike in case numbers on Tuesdays, due to people socialising over the weekend. The increase comes days after the retuSingapore records 6,888 new Covid-19 cases; experts say spike in cases could be due to F1 Grand Prix, travel
SINGAPORE - There were 6,888 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, a jump from the 2,587 new local cases the day before. There is usually a spike in case numbers on Tuesdays, due to people socialising over the weekend. The increase comes days after the return of the F1 Grand Prix race that attracted more than 300,000 people at the weekend. The race was not held in the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Infectious diseases expert Leong Hoe Nam in response to queries said the increase was rather dramatic and could have been due to the festivities at the race. He said: “If you project the increase in numbers over the past two weeks, Tuesday’s should be at around 5,000 plus, rather than 6,888. “I guess everyone was simply mask down and bottoms up with infection cases rising subsequently.” However, infectious diseases specialist Paul Tambyah said the incubation period, even for new variants of the virus, is between three and four days, and those infected on Saturday and Sunday are unlikely to be testing positive. Read more