New Singapore communicable diseases agency to be set up in first half of 2025

New agency to boost tackling of infectious diseases to be set up by first half of 2025

The Communicable Diseases Agency has 5 areas of responsibility, including prevention and response.

New Singapore communicable diseases agency to be set up in first half of 2025

The new Communicable Diseases Agency - a statutory board under the Ministry of Health - will be the lead government body in preventing, managing and controlling infectious diseases.

Communicating on Communicable Diseases – 7th January 2025 – Speech By Jamus Lim - The Workers' Party

Sir, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) Bill will establish a body to oversee communicable diseases. It was one of the key recommendations of the government’s COVID-19 White Paper, and its formation was already alluded to in Minister Ong’s speech during the related debate.[1] I do not propose to revisit the arguments that were made by the Workers’ Party then, but let me state at the outset that we support the Bill. We will nevertheless offer…