Heterogenous COVID-19 transmission dynamics within Singapore: a clearer picture of future national responses

N Bagdasarian^{1

2}, D Fisher^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. natasha_bagdasarian@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. natasha_bagdasarian@nuhs.edu.sg.
³ Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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N Bagdasarian et al. BMC Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 2;18(1):164.

doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01625-7.

N Bagdasarian^{1

2}, D Fisher^{3

4}

¹ Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. natasha_bagdasarian@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. natasha_bagdasarian@nuhs.edu.sg.
³ Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Transmission dynamics.

Conflict of interest statement

DF is a Board Member on the Journal. The other author declares that they have no competing interests.

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