Singapore confirms one imported case of monkeypox


FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday (June 21), the first monkeypox case detected in the city-state in three years.

The patient, who tested positive on June 20, is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant and had flew in and out of Singapore around mid-June, the health ministry said in a statement.

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