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1. Dynamic Clearing or Coexistence? A Tale of Three Cities and Their COVID-19 Responses

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread and evolve around the world. Individual country responses to the virus, and the state preparedness of local public health systems vary greatly across the countries. Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore are the three most prominent metropolises and open economies in Asia. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed people’s life and caused tremendously impact to the society and economy. Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, three Asian cities of similar sizes, share many common features including a shared common history with SARS, quick response on implementing public health measures, and advanced medical systems, all these factors are believed to have contributed to their relatively effective response in combating COVID-19. These three cities had similar containment measures and demonstrated outstanding achievements in the early phase of epidemic prevention, keeping both the number of cases and deaths relatively under control. However, in 2022, all three cities experienced a tremendous impact of Omicron variant, with more than 10,000 people diagnosed per day. Due to the high transmissibility and high risk of infection of Omicron, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore eventually chose different paths to contain the virus. This chapter compares the early pandemic response in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. This chapter also reviews the anti-epidemic stories of the three cities and explores how their COVID-19 responses changed.

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Titel: Dynamic Clearing or Coexistence? A Tale of Three Cities and Their COVID-19 Responses
verfasst von: Edmund Li Sheng
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Buch: A Tale of Three Cities
Print ISBN: 978-981-9991-33-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9991-34-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9134-1_1

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