Singapore: self-isolating with symptoms COVID-19 2020

As of April 2020, entering the first week of circuit breaker measures to restrain the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore, 30 percent of the respondents who developed COVID-19 symptoms (such as dry cough, fever, loss of sense of taste or smell, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing), stated that they always self-isolated themselves the following seven days. In response to the growing number of new cases, Singapore announced on 3 April a set of preventive "circuit breaker" measures. This period was to last until June 1.

Extent to which Singaporeans who had symptoms of COVID-19 self-isolated themselves as of April 2020

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Always	30%
Frequently	33%
Sometimes	17%
Rarely	6%
Not at all	14%

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Singapore

Survey time period

April 1 to April 7, 2020

Special properties

respondents who were reported having symptoms

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

The surveyed question was :"Since developing these symptoms: dry cough, fever, loss of sense of taste or smell, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, to what extent have you self-isolated yourself on each of the following 7 days?"

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