Responding to COVID-19: how an academic infectious diseases division mobilized in Singapore

Abstract Background On January 30, COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern—a week after Singapore’s first imported case and 5 days before local transmission. The National University Hospital (NUH) is Singapore’s third largest hospital with 1200 beds, heavy clinical w...

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Main Authors: Sophia Archuleta, Gail Cross, Jyoti Somani, Lionel Lum, Amelia Santosa, Rawan A. Alagha, David M. Allen, Alicia Ang, Darius Beh, Louis Chai, Si Min Chan, See Ming Lim, Dariusz P. Olszyna, Catherine Ong, Jolene Oon, Brenda M. A. Salada, Nares Smitasin, Louisa Sun, Paul A. Tambyah, Sai Meng Tham, Gabriel Yan, Chen Hui Yee, Yock Young Dan, Roland Jureen, Nancy Tee, Malcolm Mahadevan, Ying Wei Yau, Swee Chye Quek, Eugene H. Liu, Clara Sin, Natasha Bagdasarian, Dale A. Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01641-7