Communicable Diseases Agency

2 S’pore residents who were on board MV Hondius still hantavirus-free, allowed to quarantine at home

The pair were allowed to transition to home quarantine for the last 12 days of their quarantine from May 25 if they chose to do so.

Not true that current Covid-19 situation is more dangerous: CDA, experts

Message about Covid being circulated in Singapore. Photo taken on May 29, 2026.

askST: Are 12,700 Covid-19 cases in a week cause for concern?

The Communicable Diseases Agency said current Covid-19 vaccines are still effective against the NB.1.8.1 variant, which is the main variant now circulating in Singapore.

Covid-19 cases in Singapore rise to 12,700; CDA monitoring increase in infections

The number of Covid-19 cases rose to 12,700 in the week of May 10 to 16.

Singapore steps up public health measures after WHO alert on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda

The Ebola virus can spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected animals or humans, as well as objects contaminated with such fluids.

Bedok TB screening exercise ends, with one man diagnosed with active TB disease so far

People queueing at the tuberculosis screening centre at Heartbeat@Bedok, on May 5.

Hawker centre in Bedok Central linked to TB clusters undergoes deep cleaning

Block 216 Bedok Food Centre & Market is now closed for cleaning operations and will reopen on May 20.

Bedok Central TB screening: 85.1% of more than 3,000 people screened test negative

The screening results from the week-long exercise held in early May were announced by the Communicable Diseases Agency on May 13.

Spain says it took ‘all measures’ to stop hantavirus spread, after US, French positive tests

A plane bound for the US carries passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius.

Australia to fly citizens home from virus-hit cruise ship, plans quarantine

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026.

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