4 days ago · Singapore has not reported any locally acquired cases of polio since 1978. The last polio case reported in 2006 was an imported case. Singapore has maintained our polio-free status by continuing high polio vaccination coverage, high standards of environmental hygiene and sanitation, and having an established surveillance system in place to ...

3 days ago · SINGAPORE – On Feb 7, a five-month-old Indonesian girl who arrived in Singapore for emergency medical treatment was confirmed to be a case of vaccine-associated polio. According to the Ministry ...

3 days ago · SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (Feb 7) confirmed one imported case of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Singapore, adding that its findings so far indicate a low ...

3 days ago · SINGAPORE – A five-month-old baby girl from Indonesia who arrived in Singapore on Jan 26 has been confirmed to be an imported case of vaccine-associated polio. The Ministry of Health (MOH) on ...

3 days ago · SINGAPORE(The Straits Times/ANN): A five-month-old baby girl from Indonesia who arrived in Singapore on Jan 26 has been confirmed to be an imported case of vaccine-associated polio. The Ministry ...

3 days ago · Many countries have progressively switched to IPV, and Singapore stopped using OPV in 2021, MOH said. Vaccine-associated paralytic polio is extremely rare and occurs only when an individual ...

4 days ago · Kes polio terakhir dilaporkan pada 2006 adalah kes import, tambah MOH. "Singapura telah mengekalkan status bebas polio dengan meneruskan perlindungan vaksin polio yang tinggi, piawai kebersihan dan sanitasi persekitaran yang tinggi, dan mempunyai sistem pemantauan yang kukuh untuk mengesan sebarang kes poliomielitis."

29 Oct 2000 marks a significant milestone in the poliomyelitis (polio) eradication efforts of the Western Pacific Region, of which Singapore is a member. On this day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has certified the Western Pacific Region free of polio.

Jan 30, 2023 · Singapore was certified polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 29 October 2000, together with 36 other countries in the Western Pacific Region. The last imported case of polio in Singapore was in 2006.

Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a highly infectious disease and can result in permanent flaccid paralysis of the limbs. Singapore was certified polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 29 October 2000, together with 36 other countries in the Western Pacific Region.