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

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...

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Autor principal: Ng, Wee Tong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.09.013
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description 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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spelling pubmed-75437822020-10-09 COVID -19: Protection of Workers at the Workplace in Singapore Ng, Wee Tong Saf Health Work Short Communication 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. Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2021-03 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7543782/ /pubmed/33052261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.09.013 Text en © 2020 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.09.013
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