Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 17, 2020

Investigation of three clusters of COVID-19 in Singapore: implications for surveillance and response measures

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  • Pung et al describe the measures used to identify and investigate the first 3 clusters of COVID-19 in Singapore and emphasize the importance for other countries to conduct active case-finding among close contacts of cases to prevent clusters from spreading. 

Pung et al. (Mar 16, 2020). Investigation of three clusters of COVID-19 in Singapore: implications for surveillance and response measures. Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30528-6