Singapore residents returning from countries with mpox do not need to be quarantined: Health experts

Temperature and visual screening at Changi Airport for crew and passengers arriving from mpox-affected areas started on Aug 23. - Photo: Changi Airport Group

SINGAPORE: Singapore residents holidaying in the African continent during the peak safari season from July to September need not worry about having to be quarantined upon their return home.

Despite the new and potentially more deadly clade Ib strain of the mpox virus rapidly spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries Burundi, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Uganda, infectious disease specialists say residents and visitors coming from these places do not need to be quarantined if they are not suffering from any symptoms of the disease.