Day: September 3, 2021

The Minister of Health also said that to date, the total number of COVID-19 vaccinations in Brunei Darussalam is 338,399 doses. This means that 51.5 percent of the nation’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 23.2 percent of the population has received a complete COVID-19 vaccine injection.

 

In relation to that, following the recent announcement of the temporary postponement of the first dose vaccine administration, the Ministry of Health would like to inform that to date, a total of 13,089 second vaccination slots have been put forward to an earlier date from the original date. Therefore, the public is advised to check the status of their vaccination slot via the BruHealth app in case there is a change of date, example the date is put forward earlier than the original date.

 

 

Source: Radio Television Brunei

 

 

133 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 3,093 people. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Haji Awang Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister Of Health stated the matter during the Media Conference of COVID-19 Situation at Dewan Al ‘Afiah, Ministry of Health.

 

According to the Minister, there are 62 additional new cases to 9 of the existing active clusters. The cases in these active clusters are individuals who are currently being quarantined and were found to be in contact with several confirmed cases. Meanwhile, 71 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. Contact tracing for all these new cases is currently undergoing. All identified close contacts are required to undergo mandatory quarantine and RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 test.

 

In the meantime, 153 cases have recovered, where this total includes 34 positive cases from Category 1 that have undergone self-isolation for 14 days at their respective homes. All of them have undergone second swab tests at Day 12 and have been confirmed recovered. With that, the total number of recovered cases in Brunei Darussalam has increased to 1,297 cases, whereas the total number of active cases are 1,781 cases.

 

Among the active cases, nine cases are in critical condition, where eight cases require assistance of artificial ventilation. Meanwhile, one case still requires the help of an additional heart/lung machine, ECMO. Meanwhile, twenty-seven cases that were categorised in Category 4 are now admitted at the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring.

 

In the past 24 hours, a total of 4,603 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of lab tests conducted since January 2020 to 243,746.

 

 

 

 

Source: Radio Television Brunei

 

A total of 735 people from Germany and 20 from Brunei Darussalam have received Vaccinated Travel Passes to come to Singapore on the first day of application, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Thursday (Sep 2).

As of Wednesday at 11.59pm, 301 of the passes issued for Germany were to short-term visitors and 434 to long-term pass holders.

For Brunei, 18 were issued to short-term visitors and two to long-term pass holders, said CAAS in the media statement.

The passes are for travel between Sept 8 and Oct 7.

Application for the passes started on Sept 1.

Under the Vaccinated Travel Lane, fully vaccinated travellers departing from Germany or Brunei can enter Singapore without serving a stay-home notice from Sept 8.

Fully vaccinated Singaporeans and permanent residents do not need to apply for a pass to enter Singapore.

The first flight from Germany and Brunei Darussalam is expected to arrive in Singapore on Sept 8 and Sept 9 respectively, said CAAS.

CAAS director-general Han Kok Juan said that this is “a cautious start” to the new vaccinated travel lane scheme.

“It will allow us to gain experience and build confidence as we further reopen our borders and reconnect with the world in a careful and step-by-step manner,” said Han.

Under the vaccinated travel lane arrangement, there are no restrictions on the purpose of travel and no requirement for a controlled itinerary or sponsor.

All travellers under the scheme will have to comply strictly with the conditions of travel, such as being fully vaccinated in their country of departure or Singapore.

They have to remain in their country of departure and/or Singapore in the last 21 consecutive days prior to their departure for Singapore.

They also have to undergo multiple COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in lieu of serving stay-home notice periods.

These include a pre-departure test within 48 hours of the scheduled departure flight, on-arrival test at Changi Airport and post-arrival tests on day 3 and day 7 during their stay at one of the designated clinics in Singapore.

The travellers should also be on non-stop designated vaccinated travel lane flights from their country of departure to Singapore that will only serve travellers under the arrangement.

A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or other vaccines listed under the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency use list, such as Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

 

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK