Monkeypox -- Singapore
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed one imported case of monkeypox infection in Singapore, involving a Nigerian national who arrived last month [April 2019] for a workshop. The 38-year-old man tested positive for the rare viral disease, which is primarily transmitted to humans from animals, on Wednesday (8 May [2019]), said the MOH on Thursday [9 May 2019]. It is the 1st case of monkeypox reported here.
He is currently in an isolation ward at the National Centre for Infectious
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6464598&promed&0
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