Reducing onward spread of COVID-19 from imported cases: quarantine and ‘stay at home’ measures for travellers and returning residents to Singapore | Zendy

Calvin J. Chiew | Zendy; Zongbin Li | Zendy; Ver J. Lee | Zendy

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Reducing onward spread of COVID-19 from imported cases: quarantine and ‘stay at home’ measures for travellers and returning residents to Singapore

Author(s) -

Calvin J. Chiew,

Zongbin Li,

Ver J. Lee

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa049

Subject(s) - quarantine , medicine , covid-19 , notice , pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , enforcement , environmental health , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications , disease , pathology , political science , computer science , law

Singapore imposed a 14-day ‘Stay-Home Notice’ (SHN) on travellers and returning residents to reduce secondary transmission from imported cases of COVID-19. In this article, we describe the processes and enforcement of SHN and explore the issues faced by individuals under such quarantine and the steps taken to address them.

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