SINGAPORE: A total of 1,370 new cases of active tuberculosis were recorded in Singapore last year, the lowest in more than 10 years, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday .Advertisement
TB is an airborne disease transmitted through close and prolonged exposure to an infectious person suffering from untreated and active pulmonary TB. However, not all who are exposed will be infected. READ: MOH to offer voluntary tuberculosis screening for some Hougang residents after cluster detected
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