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. 2021 Feb;54(1):123-124.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.04.018. Epub 2020 May 13.

COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes in Singapore

Li Feng Tan  1 , Santhosh Kumar Seetharaman  2
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COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes in Singapore

Li Feng Tan et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Feb.
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Graph of COVID-19 spread with time in Singapore. Black arrows indicate detection of COVID-19 cases in Nursing Homes (NHs) in Singapore. (Source of graph: https://co.vid19.sg/singapore).
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