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COVID -19: Protection of Workers at the Workplace in Singapore

  • Ng, Wee Tong (Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore)
  • Received : 2020.06.13
  • Accepted : 2020.09.29
  • Published : 2021.03.30
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in movement restrictions being instituted globally and the cessation of work at many workplaces. However, during this period, essential services such as healthcare, law enforcement, and critical production and supply chain operations have been required to continue to function. In Singapore, measures were put in place to protect the workers from infection at the workplace, as well as to preserve the operational capability of the essential service in a COVID-19 pandemic environment. This paper critically analyses the measures that were implemented and discusses the extension to broader general industry.

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The author declares no financial support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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