Singapore has worked a number of calibrated responses that can be divided into three broad buckets, said Associate Professor Jeremy Lim, Co-Director of the Leadership Institute for Global Health Transformation (LIGHT). “Firstly, we sought very hard to reduce the number of cases that are imported from overseas. Secondly, there was a very strenuous effort toRead more
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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
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Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been hailed for using our experience with SARS to combat the current COVID-19. “Somewhat perversely, we can look at SARS as the dress rehearsal,” said Associate Professor Jeremy Lim, Co-Director, Leadership Institute for Global Health Transformation (LIGHT). “The experience was raw, and very, very visceral. And on the back
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For a global take on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum collected insights from academics within leading universities, including Dean, Professor Teo Yik Ying. “Individual responsibility sits at the heart of managing the current situation with COVID-19, as our actions determine whether the transmission chain is successfully halted or regrettably magnified,” said Prof Teo.
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In line with their responsibilities as signatories to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many low- and lower-middle income countries are working hard to provide better health and well-being for their people. As governments struggle to keep up with rising health expenditures, especially in resource-constrained settings, the need for evidence-informed decision-making for improved health provisioning is
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Among those infected with the virus, older adults with pre-existing heart conditions or hypertension face a sharply higher risk. In Singapore, nearly one in two confirmed coronavirus patients is aged 50 and above. Out of 178 patients as of 11 March, 41 of them are in their 50s, 30 are in their 60s and 10
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The School’s Public Health Translational Team (PHTT) collates the evidence base, reviews literature relevant to the outbreak, and produces the weekly COVID-19 Science Report. In addition to maintaining a knowledge base to support policymaking, the School also supports the Ministry of Health and other agencies in other ways, such as modelling the epidemiology of the
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“COVID-19 seems to have the best, or the worst, of both worlds. Because it spreads very efficiently, it doesn’t kill as many people; but the percentage it kills is far higher than the common flu,” said Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, Programme Leader (Infectious Diseases). He was comparing COVID-19 to influenza for Mothership’s ‘Experts Explain’
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Dean, Professor Teo Yik Ying was invited by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to give a seminar about Singapore’s approach to COVID-19. He shared the lessons that our country had learnt from the SARS outbreak in 2003, and presented the multi-prong measures put in place to deal with the current COVID-19
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On Monday, 9 March 2020, The Straits Times (ST) held a special edition of its Big Story panel discussion to focus on the COVID-19 outbreak and what lies ahead for Singapore. Moderated by ST senior health correspondent Ms Salma Khalik, the panel comprised four experts: Associate Professor Kenneth Mak, Director of Medical Services at the
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