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From SARS to COVID ‐19: the Singapore journey
Author(s) -
Lin Ray Junhao,
Lee Tau Hong,
Lye David CB
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50623
Subject(s) - covid-19 , sars virus , computer science , virology , medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology
Singapore is a densely populated citystate of 5.7 million and a global travel hub. These characteristics make it particularly susceptible to the importation of communicable diseases and consequent outbreaks. The 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak challenged the nation’s public health system and now the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic is presenting a greater challenge.