Singapore travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Singapore, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Singapore: Singapore.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Routine vaccinations up to date
- Hepatitis A
Emergency number
995 for an ambulance, 999 for police
Care for visitors
Good and affordable
Among the best healthcare on earth and among the most expensive in Asia. Visitors pay unsubsidised rates, so insurance matters. Tap water is drinkable and food hygiene at hawker centres is regulated and graded.
Dengue is endemic and there are periodic outbreaks; the government publishes cluster maps.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
