12th monkeypox case detected in Singapore

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A 12th monkeypox case was detected in Singapore on Monday (Aug 1). The man, 59, is a local unlinked case with no recent travel history, said the Ministry of Health on its website on Tuesday evening. He is the seventh local unlinked case. The remaining...

The quarantine period for close contacts will now be cut to 14 days, followed by seven days of monitoring for symptoms via phone calls.The Straits Times has contacted MOH for details on the location of the facility and whether it was converted from a Covid-19 community recovery facility.

The current outbreak of the viral disease emerged in May, and has infected more than 18,000 people in 78 countries, said the World Health Organisation last Wednesday.Some of the symptoms linked to the monkeypox virus include fever, headache, muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes, chills, lethargy and skin rash.

 

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