Under Singapore's law, individuals found guilty of importing, manufacturing or supplying illegal health products face a two-year jail term, a 50,000 SGD fine, or both.

Over 350,000 vapes and components worth more than 6 million USD were seized from distribution networks in June as the authorities stepped up efforts to clamp down on vaping.

Singapore has recently approved Pfizer's Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for use on children aged six months to four years.

New COVID-19 infections in Singapore surged following the Lunar New Year festival to 13,046 on February 4, more than tripling the figure recorded a day earlier, reported its Health Ministry.

Singapore received its first shipment of China's Sinovac vaccine but has yet to authorise it for use, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on February 24.

Singapore has become the first country in Asia to approve Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as it begins rolling out its immunisation programme to the wider population.

The Health Sciences Authority of Singapore (HSA) said on June 10 that it had granted conditional approval for Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir, allowing infectious diseases specialists to administer the drug to treat some seriously ill COVID-19 patients.

More than 4,000 potential blood donors of Singapore have had their personal information leaked after part of the Singapore Red Cross (SRC)’s website was hacked on May 8.