Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last week that the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore is likely to continue for at least a year, unlike SARS which lasted four months here.
Programme Leader (Infectious Diseases), Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang elaborates on some key features of the COVID-19 pandemic that may be less well-known and what they mean for how Singapore tackles the outbreak.
He wrote: “It is unlikely that the threat from Sars-CoV-2 will end in 2020, and may not entirely be dispelled even if an effective vaccine became available next year. Singapore has been successful in containing the epidemic to date, but will need to adapt further and implement innovative interventions in the healthcare system to ensure the sustainability of these efforts.”
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