VOL. 17 NO.

06 2020
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WEEKLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE BULLETIN
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL WEEK 6 2 - 8 Feb 2020
E Week 6 Cumulative first 6 Weeks
Median Median
2020* 2019 2020 2019 2015 -2019
2015 -2019
FOOD/WATER-BORNE DISEASES
Acute Hepatitis A 0 3 3 4 13 10
Acute Hepatitis E 1 0 0 4 1 5
Campylobacteriosis 9 6 5 47 39 44
Cholera 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paratyphoid 0 0 0 1 4 4
Poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmonellosis 42 30 31 144 228 228
Typhoid 1 1 1 7 14 11
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Chikungunya Fever 1 0 0 7 4 3
Dengue Fever 400 135 135 2123 1192 1192
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever 0 3 0 6 17 2
Japanese Encephalitis^ 0 0 NA 0 0 NA
Leptospirosis^ 2 0 NA 3 0 NA
Malaria 0 0 0 3 5 2
Murine Typhus^ 1 0 NA 2 2 NA
Nipah virus infection 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zika Virus Infection 0 1 NA 0 3 NA
AIR/DROPLET-BORNE DISEASES
Avian Influenza 0 0 NA 0 0 NA
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ebola Virus Disease 0 0 NA 0 0 NA
Haemophilus influenzae type b 0 1 0 1 1 0
Legionellosis 1 1 0 3 1 1
Measles 1 3 0 5 14 5
Melioidosis 2 0 1 5 5 6
Meningococcal Disease 0 0 0 3 1 1
Mumps 10 6 11 48 49 60
Pertussis 2 1 1 4 8 10
Pneumococcal Disease (invasive) 3 4 2 19 17 15
Rubella 1 0 0 2 0 0
Severe acute respiratory syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetanus^ 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER DISEASES
Acute hepatitis B 1 1 1 7 5 5
Acute hepatitis C 0 0 0 3 2 2
Botulism^ 0 0 NA 0 0 NA
MERS-CoV
Suspect cases tested 8 5 NA 45 33 NA
Other patients tested 2 0 NA 17 25 NA
POLYCLINIC ATTENDANCES - AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER
Acute upper respiratory infections 3791 3658 3658 NA
Acute conjunctivitis 84 107 99 NA
Acute Diarrhoea 539 755 587 NA
Chickenpox 11 18 NA NA
Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease 14 16 NA NA
HIV/STI/TB NOTIFICATIONS 2019 DEC Cumulative 2019
HIV/AIDS 20 303
Legally Notifiable STIs* 320 4801
Tuberculosis 102 1418
* Preliminary figures, subject to revision when more information is available.
^
Added to the list of notifiable diseases as of 28 Sep 2016.
Updated case counts due to change in case defintions w.e.f. 1 Jan 2018

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 Influenza Situation in Singapore 2020
Influenza indicators for E-week 6 (2 - 8 Feb 2020) are as follows:
The average daily number of patients seeking treatment in the polyclinics for ARI is 3791 (over 5.5 working days) in E-week
6.

Polyclinic Attendances for Acute Respiratory Infection, 2019-2020

Average daily no.
5000
4500
4000
3500 3424
3157
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Week
2019 2020 90th percentile 70th percentile

The proportion of patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) among the polyclinic attendances for ARI is 1.8%.
The overall positivity rate for influenza among ILI samples (n=640) in the community was 40.3% in the past 4 weeks.
Of the specimens tested positive for influenza in Jan 2019, they were positive for influenza A(H3N2) (12.4%), influenza
A(H1N1)pdm09 (78.3%) and influenza B (5.2%). 4% of the influenza A specimens were untypable due to low viral titre.

100%

80%
Distribution (%) of influenza type

60%

40%

20%

0%

A(H3N2) A(H1N1)pdm09 Indeterminate (low viral titre) B

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 WEEKLY INCIDENCE OF FOOD/WATER-BORNE DISEASES, 2019-2020

No. of Cases Paratyphoid/Typhoid

12

10

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Week
2019 2020

No. of Cases Acute Hepatitis A

6

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Week
2019 2020

No. of Cases Cholera

3

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53

Week
2019 2020

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 WEEKLY INCIDENCE OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES, 2019-2020

Dengue Fever/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever

No. of Cases
700
600
500
400
300 261
200 188
100
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Mean + 2 std dev Mean + 1 std dev Week

Chikungunya Fever
No. of Cases
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Week

No. of Cases
4 Malaria

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Week

No. of Cases
10 Zika Virus Infection
8

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Week

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 WEEKLY INCIDENCE OF AIR/DROPLET-BORNE DISEASES, 2019-2020

No. of Cases Measles

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53

2019 2020 Week

No. of Cases Mumps

20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Week

No. of Cases Rubella

2

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53

Week
2019 2020

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 WEEKLY INCIDENCE OF AIR/DROPLET-BORNE DISEASES, 2019-2020

No. of Cases Pertussis

6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53

2019 2020
Week

Legionellosis
4

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
2019 2020 Week

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 POLYCLINIC ATTENDANCES, 2019-2020
Conjunctivitis

140

120 110

100 97

80

60

40

20

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53

Week
2019 2020 Mean + 2 std dev Mean + 1 std dev

Diarrhoeal Illness
800
685
700
613
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Week
2019 2020 Mean + 2 std dev Mean + 1 std dev

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease

Average daily no.
35 32

30 26
25
20
15
10
5
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Week
2019 2020 Mean + 2 std dev Mean + 1 std dev

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