Commentary: Chinese New Year gatherings are potential breeding grounds for viruses. Here’s how to keep yourself safe

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This is the first Chinese New Year in three years with no restrictions on group sizes. Duke-NUS Medical School’s Vincent Pang explains why it’s important to test yourself before going visiting.

- one that we should take advantage of throughout the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations.

There is a risk that people who are not symptomatic may unfortunately be reluctant to perform an ART test for fear of missing out, but while the consequences of aand the need to self-isolate during the Chinese New Year celebrations can be disappointing in the short term, the risk to our communities if we perpetuate the spread of illnesses on a large scale will have a greater negative impact in the long run.

Therefore, it is highly recommended that the rest of the population, especially the more vulnerable individuals, receive the updated bivalent vaccine as soon as they can. Adequate time is required for the immune system to build up a high enough concentration of antibodies to effectively reduce the risk of disease severity when infected by SARS-CoV-2.

 

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If there is no increase of cases or spike by the end of Feb, guess can ease the masks wearing futher, and really become normal life...

What an insult to all the ancestors of many Singaporean who migrated from the coastal part of China where communal sharing of food during any festivities is the norm. Is this an attempt to rewrite the history of Chinese people here?

I realised how much I hate CNY gatherings ever since the lockdown.

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