Coping with Pandemics: SARS to COVID-19
Lessons learned from the 2003 SARS outbreak and the multi-layered response to COVID-19.
Key Questions
- 1How did the SARS experience prepare Singapore for COVID-19?
- 2What were the social and economic trade-offs of the "Circuit Breaker"?
- 3How did the pandemic test Singapore's social resilience?
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