February 27, 2020

Pedestrians wearing masks on Orchard Road (Photo by Najeer Yusof/TODAY)

COVID-19: Step-by-step approach to deal with outbreak

Drawing on lessons learnt from SARS in 2003, Singapore confronted the COVID-19 outbreak with a cautious step-by-step approach. Since the virus spreads through contact with respiratory droplets (and there is currently no evidence of airborne transmission), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has discouraged the public from hoarding and wearing masks when they are not sick. Maintaining proper hand hygiene and avoiding touching the face are more effective to reduce chance of infection. On that note, Associate Professor Jeremy Lim, partner at Ogilvy Wymann and Co-Director of Global Health at SSHSPH,Read more

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Tan Hao Yi, medical student at University of New South Wales, Australia, fulfilling a medical elective with the School's Public Health Translational Team

Let’s Talk Public Health with Tan Hao Yi

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health often hosts interns and elective students from Singapore and internationally. These placements offer a great opportunity to understand more about public health and contribute to some of our research and translational efforts. These students often stay in contact throughout their careers and become part of the School’s extended family, or indeed, faculty. This week we talk to Tan Hao Yi who for the last four weeks has been working with our Public Health Translational Team. With his medical background, positive can-do attitude and

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Close-up shot of a woman wearing a mask

COVID-19: three possible scenarios if outbreak gets worse

Singapore’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised by Dr Tedros Adhanom, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, as well as Dr Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But can we keep it up if the outbreak gets worse? Based on studies of past outbreaks, Associate Professor Alex Cook, Vice Dean (Research) and Domain Leader (Biostatistics and Modelling), and Assistant Professor Hannah Clapham outline three possible scenarios on how the outbreak and its control may affect our lives in the months ahead. Read

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