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; Zongbin Li; Vernon J Lee

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

J Travel Med. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa049. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa049.

Authors

Calvin J Chiew¹, Zongbin Li¹, Vernon J Lee^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 12 College Road, Singapore 169852.
² Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01, Singapore 117549.

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; Singapore; importation; outbreak; quarantine; travellers.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Diseases, Imported / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Quarantine / legislation & jurisprudence*
Quarantine / methods
Quarantine / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Singapore
Smartphone
Travel / legislation & jurisprudence*
Travel / statistics & numerical data