Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long: Do not let your mask lull you into a fake sense of safety, listen to your doctor before the corona pandemic

Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long: Do not let your mask lull you into a fake sense of safety, listen to your doctor before the corona pandemic

The Singapore leader recommended that the people of this country listen to the advice of doctors because it is the best way to protect themselves against Wuhan flu.

In his statement, Mr. Li also emphasized that people should not wear masks unless they are not well. "As an individual, you have to listen to the best advice to protect yourself and together we will do what is best for the community to peacefully and well overcome this pandemic. beautiful ", Mr. Ly said on January 31.

In addition, Mr. Ly also emphasized that there is enough supply of masks for Singaporeans.

"We don't lack masks. There are many. But if people wear them every day, regardless of whether it helps or not, we will lose 18 to 24 million masks a day. Then there will be a shortage." Mr. Ly emphasized.

Singapore has about 6 million people and according to Mr. Li's calculation, an average of 3 to 4 masks per person per day.

Talking to reporters during a survey of the National Infectious Disease Center of Singapore, Mr. Ly urged the people of this country to perform well in personal hygiene before emphasizing that the mask also mainly makes the wearer feel. only safe.

"The mask gives you a false sense of security because you will most likely not catch a virus by inhaling it. You can get the virus through interactions and you need to take precautions like this. wash your hands or keep yourself clean as well as know your health and stay away from crowds, "Mr. Li added. "If you are fine, just live as usual".

With the attention of the press about how to prepare for Singapore's response to the danger of spreading virus in the community, Mr. Ly said that Singapore is far from that situation. "We will do our best to prevent the spread of the virus to the public. If we are vigilant, if people pay attention when we feel unwell and we can identify cases and quarantine." They, we are far from facing the risk of a pandemic spreading to the community ", Mr. Ly said.

Currently, Singapore has 13 cases and all are Chinese nationals from Wuhan. These people developed symptoms after arriving in Singapore.

Mr. Li also quoted scientists as saying that Wuhan flu, although there are many similarities with the SARS pandemic in 2003, there are other points. Specifically, Wuhan flu is more contagious than SARS and can be contagious even without symptoms.

"However, if we look at the data from China and even the cases in Singapore, we can see that it is not as lethal as SARS. The mortality rate is much lower," said Li. . The Chinese side also said that 20% of cases are seriously ill, but about half of those infected do not have pneumonia.

"It is a disease that we think we are still trying to grasp it. However, I think we do not need to panic," Mr. Li Xian Long stressed.

Source: Young Knowledge