The effectiveness of public health interventions against COVID-19: Lessons from the Singapore experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In dealing with community spread of COVID-19, two active interventions have been attempted or advocated-containment, and mitigation. Given the extensive impact of COVID-19 globally, there is international interest to learn from best practices that have been shown to work in controlling community spread to inform future outbreaks. This study explores the trajectory of COVID-19 infection in Singapore had the government intervention not focused on containment, but rather on mitigation. In addition, we estimate the actual COVID-19 infection cases in Singapore, given that confirmed cases are publicly available.

Methods and findings

We developed a COVID-19 infection model, which is a modified SIR model that differentiate between detected (diagnosed) and undetected (undi

SUBMITTER: Ansah JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8009429 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature