COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore / editors, Leo Yee- Sin, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Paul Tambyah, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Contributor(s): Leo, Yee Sin [editor.] | Tambyah, Paul [editor.].
Publisher: Singapore : World Scientific, ©2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 242 p : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789811239373; 9811239371; 9789811239823; 9811239827.Subject(s): Since 2000 | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Singapore | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Singapore -- Prevention | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Government policy -- Singapore | Epidemics -- Singapore -- 21st century | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Government policy | Epidemics | SingaporeGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "This book provides a comprehensive look at many different aspects of response in Singapore to the pandemic in the crucial first several months, including clinical, laboratory, epidemiology, research, community engagement and the unprecedented challenge of outbreak involving migrant workers in dormitory settings. On a personal note, it has first-hand accounts of staff at the NCID who were at the forefront of battling COVID-19 in Singapore. It also gives a global perspective of the pandemic, together with insights into the unique Singapore experience of managing the pandemic. The Singapore response to the pandemic has been something which the global community has been very interested in and this book is the first to comprehensively describe that response from a number of different angles which will be useful to scientists, clinicians, public health professionals and policy makers"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"National Centre for Infectious Diseases."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book provides a comprehensive look at many different aspects of response in Singapore to the pandemic in the crucial first several months, including clinical, laboratory, epidemiology, research, community engagement and the unprecedented challenge of outbreak involving migrant workers in dormitory settings. On a personal note, it has first-hand accounts of staff at the NCID who were at the forefront of battling COVID-19 in Singapore. It also gives a global perspective of the pandemic, together with insights into the unique Singapore experience of managing the pandemic. The Singapore response to the pandemic has been something which the global community has been very interested in and this book is the first to comprehensively describe that response from a number of different angles which will be useful to scientists, clinicians, public health professionals and policy makers"--