Singapore confirms an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry says late on Tuesday, June 21. Meantime, South Korea on Wednesday, June 22, also confirms its first case of monkeypox virus. Full story:
SINGAPORE – Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday, June 21, the first such case reported in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak of the viral disease.
The patient, who tested positive on June 20, is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant and had flown in and out of Singapore around mid-June, the health ministry said in a statement. He is in stable condition in a ward at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases in Singapore, the ministry said.
Thirteen close contacts of the man were identified as of Tuesday, and all will be placed under quarantine for 21 days since their last contact with him, the statement added.The last monkeypox case detected in the Southeast Asian city-state was three years ago.More than 35 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, and confirmed cases now exceed 2,500. – Rappler.
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