Imported monkeypox case brings Singapore's total tally to 10
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One more imported monkeypox case was reported in Singapore yesterday, bringing the total number of cases detected here to 10.
The 28-year-old Taiwanese man who lives in Singapore had recently returned from Canada.
He tested positive yesterday and is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in an update on its website.
His condition is stable.
The patient had developed a fever, headache, pain in the anal region and muscle pain last Friday.
This subsequently progressed to a rash at the perianal region, MOH said, referring to the area surrounding the anus.
He sought medical care yesterday and was admitted to NCID on the same day. Contact tracing is ongoing, MOH added.
Of the 10 monkeypox cases here, five are local and five are imported. So far, the cases are not linked.
Over 16,000 monkeypox cases have been detected in 75 countries and territories, up from about 3,000 at the end of last month.
Last Saturday, the World Health Organisation declared monkeypox a global health emergency.
This is the strongest possible call to action by the global organisation, signalling a new urgency and scale for a disease previously confined to western and central Africa. Covid-19 was given the same label in 2020.
