Spate of monkey pox cases in Singapore in the last four months of 2023 - 25 cases confirmed by health ministry

Singapore made the viral disease a reportable disease in mid-2022 following a global outbreak when the disease appeared in many countries where it is not endemic. - PHOTO: REUTERS

SINGAPORE: There was a spate of monkey pox cases in Singapore in the last four months of 2023, with 25 of the total 32 cases last year diagnosed from September to December.

Twenty of all the cases were locally transmitted, although not all sources of infection are known, said a Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman. He said the “majority” of the 12 imported cases were local residents who had travelled to countries in South America and South-east Asia.