Type of Intervention: Other Announcement, Sharing of Updated National Medical Care Strategy for COVID-19
Sectors Involved: Health
Intervention Categories: Surveillance and response measures
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of Health, Multi-Ministerial Taskforce
Overview: This is targeted at the general public, to lay out the tiers of medical care required for persons identified positive for COVID-19. Additional, temporary step down recovery facilities have been set up to care for persons who have residual mild symptoms following the 1st 2 weeks of infection, now deemed to be the acute phase requiring the most active clinical monitoring. Additional expansion of healthcare corps and support functions to be planned by volunteer registrations from the local community, from both retired personnel and persons who have left practice.
Full details here: https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/comprehensive-medical-strategy-for-covid-19
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Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: Not stated,
Evidence/Justification: Cited as ‘the clinical and scientific data from managing COVID-19 patients, as well as the current epidemiological evidence on the infection, have provided the bases for a comprehensive medical plan’