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Comment
. 2020 Aug;81(2):e68-e69.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.035. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Unintended Consequence: Influenza plunges with public health response to COVID-19 in Singapore

Angela Chow  1 , Aung Aung Hein  2 , Win Mar Kyaw  2
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Comment

Unintended Consequence: Influenza plunges with public health response to COVID-19 in Singapore

Angela Chow et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Face mask; Influenza activity; Social distancing; Social responsibility; Tropics.

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Weekly Influenza Positivity Rates (%) in TTSH, by epidemiological week, 2017-2020 (primary axis), and Number of new COVID-19 cases nationally and in TTSH in epidemiological-weeks 1-14, 2020 (secondary axis).
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