The world has seen multiple disease outbreaks in the past two decades, including SARS, H1N1, Ebola, and now the coronavirus that originated from Wuhan in China. Infectious diseases have no respect for borders, and Singapore will always be vulnerable given its population density and that it is a major transportation hub. Associate Professor Jeremy Lim,Read more
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On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, signifying the need for a concerted international effort to curb the spread of the virus. Assistant Professor Clarence Tam highlights the key uncertainties that remain — how widely the virus will spread outside China, what
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Many are comparing the current 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic to the SARS outbreak in 2002–03, the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus (swine flu) outbreak in 2009, as well as the common cold. “…currently the 2019-nCoV is shaping up to look less like SARS-CoV, and more like a virulent form of the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus, although
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As of 2pm on 2 February 2020, there have been no new confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV infection in Singapore. All the confirmed cases have recent travel history to Wuhan, and there are currently no reports of local transmission here. “There is a good chance that there will be no, or very limited, community spread in
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The NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on 29 January 2020. UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Eamonn Murphy, and Dean, Professor Teo Yik Ying, signed the memorandum of understanding at a ceremony on the
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The new coronavirus has infected nearly 600 people in China and claimed 17 lives. It is in the same family as the viruses that cause SARS and MERS. The symptoms are similar to influenza, in that there is cough and fever, but there is pneumonia in people infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Considering
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The Ministry of Health, Singapore (MOH) announced on 22 January 2020 that it has set up a ministerial task force to deal with the novel coronavirus. “It is inevitable that we will see an imported case sooner or later,” said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, adding that this is because of the evolving situation and
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The School is pleased to share that PhD student Mr Rayner Tan is now on the editorial board of the prestigious journal, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). He joins as part of the editorial team for its new series, Perspectives. Our warmest congratulations, Mr Tan! Perspectives is a new section of STI targeted toward clinicians and
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The new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan continues to develop with over 400 cases in China and other countries, including Thailand, Japan, South Korea and US. With more people infected by the virus and confirmation that the bug can be transmitted from human to human, the Ministry of Health, Singapore (MOH) has issued a health advisory,
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We are pleased to share that PhD student Ms Tan Sok Teng was awarded the Equity Initiative Fellowship. Congratulations, Ms Tan! Launched in 2016, the Equity Initiative (EI) Fellowship programme nurtures and empowers young leaders to pursue and advocate social justice for health in the ASEAN region. The programme is designed to bring together a
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