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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.09.013

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

Ng, Wee Tong (Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore)
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Safety and Health at Work / v.12, no.1, 2021 , pp. 133-135 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
COVID-19; Occupational health; Worker protection;
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