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Countries thought to be recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak, like China and Singapore, remain susceptible and can expect a likely surge in imported cases and new outbreaks. This is especially so given the growing numbers in Europe, North America...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

The World Health Organization wrote in a report: “China’s bold approach to contain the rapid spread of this new respiratory pathogen has changed the course of a rapidly escalating and deadly epidemic. These are the only measures that are currently proven...