http://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/be78153a75c38068d41003e4e19eed7c.pdf ef5297589a8eecaad834ac4c89247cfe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Real-time monitoring the transmission potential of COVID-19 in Singapore, March 2020. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ping Yan, Gerardo Chowell, Seth Blumberg, Stefan Ma, Amna Tariq, Kimberlyn Roosa, Yiseul Lee Description An account of the resource As of March 31, 2020, the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic that started in China in December 2019 is now generating local transmission around the world. The geographic heterogeneity and associated intervention strategies highlight the need to monitor in real time the transmission potential of COVID-19. Singapore provides a unique case example for monitoring transmission, as there have been multiple disease clusters, yet transmission remains relatively continued. Here we estimate the effective reproduction number, Rt, of COVID-19 in Singapore from the publicly available daily case series of imported and autochthonous cases by date of symptoms onset, after adjusting the local cases for reporting delays as of March 17, 2020. We also derive the reproduction number from the distribution of cluster sizes using a branching process analysis that accounts for truncation of case counts. The local incidence curve displays sub-exponential growth dynamics, with the reproduction number following a declining trend and reaching an estimate at 0.7 (95% CI 0.3, 1.0) during the first transmission wave by February 14, 2020, while the overall R based on the cluster size distribution as of March 17, 2020, was estimated at 0.6 (95% CI 0.4, 1.02). The overall mean reporting delay was estimated at 6.4 days (95% CI 5.8, 6.9), but it was shorter among imported cases compared to local cases (mean 4.3 vs. 7.6 days, Wilcoxon test, p < 0.001). The trajectory of the reproduction number in Singapore underscores the significant effects of successful containment efforts in Singapore, but it also suggests the need to sustain social distancing and active case finding efforts to stomp out all active chains of transmission. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Singapore, Reproduction number, transmission potential, cluster distribution, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, reporting delay, Transmission heterogeneity Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01615-9 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived BMC Medicine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available BMC