‘Contact tracing, surveillance key to controlling pandemic’
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Virus likely to stay, but can be contained through responsible human behaviour, says epidemiologist
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It is important for people to make their own risk assessment in ensuring they don’t move out without a mask covering nose and mouth, maintain physical distancing and wash hands at regular intervals, says medical epidemiologist David Heymann.
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Virus likely to stay, but can be contained through responsible human behaviour, says epidemiologist
Good public health practice entails “contact tracing and surveillance” as they are the key to handling a pandemic like COVID-19. And, lessons can be learnt how countries like South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan have managed to control the outbreaks to small numbers and prevented community transmission, said David Heymann, medical epidemiologist and professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at