The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus continues to spread and evolve across the planet. The crosscutting impacts of the virus, individual country responses to the virus, and the state of preparedness of local public health systems greatly vary across the world. The ostensibly late arrival of the virus in Africa has allowed learning, innovation, and adaptation of methods that have been successful in the early-hit countries. This article analyzes how Singapore has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes that adaptations of the Singapore pandemic response model would bode well for Africa's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that also take into account regional differences in health care infrastructures, socioeconomic resilience, poverty, and the vast population diversity in the African continent. As the pandemic evolves, the lessons learned in Asia, in particular, and the emerging new experiences in African countries should inform, ideally in real time, how best to steer the world populations into safety, including those in low-resource health care settings. Finally, we note that the current COVID-19 pandemic is also a test for our collective ability to scale and surge public health in response to future and likely equally challenging zoonosis infections that jump from animals to humans, not to mention climate change-related planetary health calamities in the 21st century. Hence, what we learn effectively from the current COVID-19 pandemic shall have broad, enduring, and intergenerational relevance for the future of planetary heath and society.

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新加坡COVID-19大流行反应是非洲低资源卫生保健机构成功的示范框架吗？

由严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）病毒引起的2019年冠状病毒疾病（COVID-19）大流行继续在地球上蔓延和发展。病毒的跨领域影响，各个国家对病毒的反应以及地方公共卫生系统的准备状况在世界范围内差异很大。该病毒表面上晚到非洲，使人们得以学习，创新和改编在早发疫情国家已成功的方法。本文分析了新加坡如何应对COVID-19大流行，并建议采用新加坡大流行应对模式的适应措施，同时考虑到卫生保健基础设施，社会经济方面的地区差异，这对非洲应对COVID-19大流行具有很好的预兆。韧性，贫困，以及非洲大陆的巨大人口多样性。随着大流行的发展，特别是在亚洲汲取的教训以及非洲国家正在出现的新经验，应该在理想情况下实时告知如何最好地引导世界各地的人口安全，包括资源贫乏的医疗机构。最后，我们注意到，当前的COVID-19大流行也是对我们集体能力的考验，以应对未来以及可能同样具有挑战性的从动物到人类的人畜共患病感染，从而扩大和激增公共卫生，更不用说与气候变化相关的行星21世纪的健康灾难。因此，我们从当前的COVID-19大流行中有效学习到的知识对于行星荒地和社会的未来将具有广泛的，持久的，世代相传的意义。