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Elderly woman dies 8 hours after first COVID-19 vaccine jab; family is looking for answers

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As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to roll out across Singapore, one woman is searching hard for a straight answer from authorities about her mother’s death just roughly eight hours after the 64-year-old received her first Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty jab.

On Saturday (31 July), Charlene Yong took to Facebook to detail how six days earlier at 10.05am, her mother had received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty. Tragically, about eight hours after the jab, Ms Yong’s mother collapsed at home while cleaning the floor.

This is reminiscent of a similar incident earlier in June shared by Andrew Tan, co-founder and CEO of Singapore’s first home-grown diaper brand Pee-Ka-Poo, who claimed that his mother passed away “suddenly” just 29 hours after taking her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

In her post, Ms Yong noted that her mother had led an “active lifestyle and is mostly healthy except for controlled hypertension and mild diabetes”.

“What could have happened during the course of the vaccination that robbed her of her life?” she asked.

“Or was it just pure coincidence that she has to return to Jesus on the day where she received her first dose of vaccination?”

Stating that she “used to be” an advocate for the COVID-19 vaccination and that she was “largely convinced” by the authorities’ claim over its safety, Ms Yong explained that she used to speak positively about the benefits of vaccination and had even “debunked” speculations about it being unsafe.

Looking for closure, she went on to say: “And hopefully with the coroner’s report, we can better understand the true cause of death than just ‘hypertensive and coronary artery disease’.”

Besides that, Ms Yong also touched on the difficulty of getting hold of the coroner’s report in the first place.

“Why is it that we have to plough so hard with the authorities to have the coroner report to be released to us?” she questioned.

Ms Yong explained that if her mother’s death was really related to the COVID-19 vaccination, the family would like to help increase awareness to the public on the “cross interactions of the vaccinations with [her] mother’s medication for hypertension”.

Another notion they wish to highlight is whether or not mopping the floor should be discouraged for elderly folks right after they had received the inoculation, she added.

Finally, if her mother’s death really was linked to the vaccine, Ms Yong questioned the adequacy of screening done at vaccination centres for elderly folks with medical conditions similar to her late mother before approving them for vaccination.

She concluded her post saying, “As much as we want to control and contain COVID-19, it is too big a price to pay to have my mother sacrificed because we trusted the system that the vaccination is safe and screening for the vaccination was done properly.”

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IMDA to probe Singtel’s island-wide landline outage of 8 October

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is investigating Singtel’s island-wide landline outage on 8 October, emphasising its commitment to thoroughly examining any public telecommunications service interruption. A Singtel spokesperson described the outage as an “isolated incident,” adding that there is “no evidence to suggest it is a cyber-related event.”

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On 8 October 2024, a significant landline outage affected Singtel customers across the island.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) stated that it takes any public telecommunications service interruption seriously and will investigate the incident thoroughly.

In a Facebook update at 8:25 PM on the same day, Singtel announced that its fixed voice services had been fully restored.

The telecommunications provider expressed its apologies for the disruption and the inconvenience caused to customers.

Earlier, the disruption also impacted emergency call services, affecting both the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF).

Members of the public experiencing difficulties reaching emergency numbers 995 or 999 were advised to send an SMS to SCDF at 70995 or SPF at 70999.

Both SPF and SCDF later reported on 7PM that the earlier disruption affecting the 995 and 999 emergency hotlines has been resolved.

The authorities assured the public that they could resume using these hotlines for emergencies and expressed gratitude for the public’s understanding during the outage.

Earlier that day, around noon, multiple users reported difficulties making calls through landlines on Singtel’s official Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter), including problems with office lines.

A check on Downdetector revealed a surge in outage reports for Singtel beginning around 2 PM, peaking at 2,781 complaints. By 5 PM, the number of reports had decreased to over 500.

According to the feedback on Downdetector, most of the problems faced by users pertain to landlines, which matches the responses from netizens on social media platforms.

Major institutions were also affected by the outage. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), the National Cancer Centre, and Changi General Hospital (CGH), all under SingHealth, alerted the public to the disruption.

By approximately 6:30 PM, all three institutions confirmed that their telephone services had been restored.

Additionally, Singapore’s three local banks—DBS, UOB, and OCBC—reported similar issues with their customer service hotlines during the outage.

According to CNA, a spokesperson from Singtel described the outage as an “isolated incident” and stated that there is “no evidence to suggest it is a cyber-related event.”

 

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Emergency phone services restored following Singtel landline outage

Both the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) announced at 7 PM on 8 October that the disruption affecting 995 and 999 hotlines had been resolved. This followed Singtel’s island-wide landline outage earlier that day. The public can now resume using the hotlines for emergencies.

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SINGAPORE: Both the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) announced via Facebook at around 7:00 PM on 8 October that the earlier disruption affecting the 995 and 999 emergency hotlines has been resolved.

The issue followed an island-wide outage of Singtel’s landline services, which occurred around noon.

The authorities confirmed that the public can now resume using the hotlines for emergencies and expressed their gratitude for the public’s understanding during the disruption.

At 5:07 PM, Singtel posted an update on Facebook stating that their engineers had isolated the problem affecting their fixed voice services.

The telco provider added that recovery measures were swiftly being deployed, and services were progressively being restored.

Earlier, users had taken to Singtel’s official Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter) to report difficulties making landline calls, including issues with office lines.

A check on Downdetector revealed a surge in outage reports for SingTel starting around 2 PM.

According to the feedback on Downdetector, most of the problems faced by users pertain to landlines, which matches the responses from netizens on social media platforms.

Major institutions were also affected by the outage. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), the National Cancer Centre, and Changi General Hospital (CGH), all under SingHealth, alerted the public to the disruption.

By approximately 6:30 PM, all three institutions confirmed that their telephone services had been restored.

Additionally, Singapore’s three local banks—DBS, UOB, and OCBC—reported similar issues with their customer service hotlines during the outage.

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