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MOH confirms an imported case of vaccine-associated polio

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February 08, 2025

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.

- Fatimah Mujibah

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Feb 7 confirmed the imported case of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis after the girl was taken here for medical treatment.

MOH said the girl is immunocompromised, which means her immune system is not fighting off infections well enough. She was previously vaccinated with one dose of oral polio vaccine (OPV) and one dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in Indonesia.

She had developed fever, acute floppiness and paralysis of the lower limbs in December 2024 while in Indonesia, but her doctor did not suspect polio then.

On Jan 26, she was medically evacuated for treatment of her symptoms and admitted directly to the National University Hospital (NUH) upon arrival here.

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