Singapore’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that it had confirmed one case of locally contagious monkeypox in the country.
The patient is a 45-year-old Malaysian citizen residing in Singapore who tested positive for monkeypox on July 6 and is currently at the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
The ministry said that the patient’s condition is stable and has nothing to do with the imported case, which the ministry announced on June 21.
She stated that the patient initially developed skin lesions in the lower abdomen on June 30, then later suffered from fatigue and swollen lymph nodes on July 2, and on July 4, he developed a fever and sore throat and sought medical care as he was given preliminary tests to see if he had conditions. Other potential medical. When the results of these tests came back negative, he was later transferred to the National Center for Infectious Diseases on July 6, where he was isolated for further evaluation.
She indicated that three close contacts were identified until July 6, and they are two of his roommates and one social contact. All close contacts will be placed in quarantine for a period of 21 days from their last contact with the case.
The ministry said monkeypox is usually a disease that resolves on its own, with patients recovering within two to four weeks. And a small percentage of infected people can develop a serious condition from it or even die from it.
