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

Three clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) linked to a tour group from China, a company conference, and a church were identified in Singapore in February, 2020. We gathered epidemiological and clinical data from individuals with confirmed COVID-19, via interviews and inpatient medical rec...

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Published in:	The Lancet 2020-03, Vol.395 (10229), p.1039-1046
Main Authors:	Pung, Rachael, Chiew, Calvin J, Young, Barnaby E, Chin, Sarah, Chen, Mark I-C, Clapham, Hannah E, Cook, Alex R, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Toh, Matthias P H S, Poh, Cuiqin, Low, Mabel, Lum, Joshua, Koh, Valerie T J, Mak, Tze M, Cui, Lin, Lin, Raymond V T P, Heng, Derrick, Leo, Yee-Sin, Lye, David C, Lee, Vernon J M, Kam, Kai-qian, Kalimuddin, Shirin, Tan, Seow Yen, Loh, Jiashen, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Vasoo, Shawn, Khong, Wei Xin, Suhaimi, Nur-Afidah, Chan, Sherlynn JH, Zhang, Emma, Oh, Olivia, Ty, Albert, Tow, Charlene, Chua, Yi Xian, Chaw, Wei Liang, Ng, Yixiang, Abdul-Rahman, Farid, Sahib, Shafiq, Zhao, Zheng, Tang, Cheryl, Low, Constance, Goh, Ee Hui, Lim, Georgina, Hou, Yan'an, Roshan, Imran, Tan, James, Foo, Kelly, Nandar, Khine, Kurupatham, Lalitha, Chan, Pei Pei, Raj, Pream, Lin, Yijun, Said, Zubaidah, Lee, Anne, See, Cherie, Markose, Jessey, Tan, Joanna, Chan, Guanhao, See, Wanhan, Peh, Xinyi, Cai, Vincent, Chen, Wen Kai, Li, Zongbin, Soo, Roy, Chow, Angela LP, Wei, Wycliffe, Farwin, Aysha, Ang, Li Wei
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Adult Betacoronavirus Civil Defense Clusters Congresses as Topic Contact Tracing Coronaviridae Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - transmission Coronaviruses COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Disease transmission Epidemics Epidemiology Female Field investigations Field tests Fomites Hospitals Humans Identification methods Infection Control Influenza Laboratories Male Medical records Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - transmission Population Surveillance Quarantine Residence Characteristics SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Singapore Surveillance Travel Viral diseases
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