Disease Outbreak Response System Condition

[1] The system is colour-coded reflecting the disease situation in Singapore.

[1][2] In 2003, after the SARS outbreak in Singapore, the Ministry of Health created the National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan which included DORSCON.

[1] In 2013, then-Health Minister Gan Kim Yong announced a revised DORSCON framework.

In addition to that, control measures are no longer hard-wired to each phase but are modular for MOH's continually assessment of the risks, hence making the framework more flexible with four colour alerts instead of five.

[4][5] In 2023, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced plans to replace the colour-coded DORSCON framework with a 4-tiered public health situational framework.