Communicable Diseases Surveillance in Singapore 2019-2020

 

31 Jul 2023
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE IN SINGAPORE 2019-2020

This report provides an update of the surveillance and epidemiology of communicable diseases in Singapore, including the epidemiology of notifiable infectious diseases reported to the Ministry of Health in 2019 and 2020 and findings of our national surveillance programmes.  It also updates on the coverage and efficacy of our national childhood immunisation programme.

In addition, the report includes a Special Feature on the COVID-19 pandemic that was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in 2020.

Click on the links below to download the report for the respective chapters.

Chapter

Topic

 Link

1

Overview and Special Feature

 Chapter 1_Overview and Special Feature

2

Air/Droplet-Borne Diseases

  Chapter 2_Air/Droplet-Borne Diseases

3

Vector-Borne Diseases

  Chapter 3_Vector-Borne Diseases

4

Food-Borne Diseases

  Chapter 4_Food-Borne Diseases

5

Blood-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  Chapter 5_Blood-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

6

Other Diseases (Tuberculosis, Legionellosis, Melioidosis, Leprosy, Healthcare-Associated Outbreaks, Severe Illness and Death from Possibly Infectious Causes)

  Chapter 6_Other Diseases

7

Childhood Immunisation

  Chapter 7_Childhood Immunisation