The patient is a 30-year-old India national who lives in Singapore and had recently returned from Germany.He sought medical care and was taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases on July 7, said MOH. He tested positive for monkeypox on July 8.MOH said that the man's condition is stable, and that his case is not linked to the other monkeypox cases earlier announced by the ministry.
The latest infection takes Singapore's total number of monkeypox cases since June to four. Three of them are imported and one is a local infection.this year was an imported case. The patient was a 42-year-old British national who works as a flight attendant. He tested positive on June 20.Another imported case was confirmed on
, a 36-year-old male Indian national who lives in Singapore and had recently returned from the United States.Monkeypox is a viral disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. It is typically a self-limiting illness where patients recover within two to four weeks. "A small percentage of those infected can fall seriously ill or even die. Those particularly vulnerable to complications are young children, pregnant women or immunocompromised individuals," said the ministry previously.
It added that the risk to the general public remains low as transmission requires close physical or prolonged contact. CNA
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