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. 2020 Apr 16:taaa049. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa049

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

Calvin J Chiew 1, Zongbin Li 1, Vernon J Lee 1,2,
PMCID: PMC7184366  PMID: 32297942

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19, outbreak, Singapore, travellers, quarantine, importation


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