Did Singapore’s Circuit Breaker’ Work?
A spatial-temporal analysis is presented to illuminate possible associations between the number of exposure-related COVID-19 cases in Singapore, and changes in human activity patterns before and during Singapore's Circuit Breaker; exposure-related COVID-19 cases exclude imported cases as well as cases in worker dormitories isolated from the community at large.
Specifically, changes in the usage of residential car parks ("mobility") across òòò½Íøfrom 15 Mar to 28 Apr 2020 were analysed to provide a proxy of human activity patterns, and then modelled with the number of exposure-related COVID-19 cases. In addition, the transportation-related air emissions were estimated to analyse the impact of CB on environmental health.
With collaborators from the , and , Dr. Xiuju Fu, Senior Scientist from A*STAR's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the team tap on the data and studied the estimation of the transportation-related air emissions such as air quality during the Circuit Breaker.
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Specifically, changes in the usage of residential car parks ("mobility") across òòò½Íøfrom 15 Mar to 28 Apr 2020 were analysed to provide a proxy of human activity patterns, and then modelled with the number of exposure-related COVID-19 cases. In addition, the transportation-related air emissions were estimated to analyse the impact of CB on environmental health.
With collaborators from the , and , Dr. Xiuju Fu, Senior Scientist from A*STAR's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the team tap on the data and studied the estimation of the transportation-related air emissions such as air quality during the Circuit Breaker.
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