SINGAPORE - One monkeypox case was reported in Singapore on Monday , bringing the total number of cases detected here to nine.
The 31-year-old male Philippine national tested positive on Monday, and is currently warded at the Singapore General Hospital, said the Ministry of Health in an update on its website."He subsequently developed rashes on his face and at his perianal region with further spread to other parts of his body," the ministry added.
The man sought medical care at the Singapore General Hospital on July 24 and was admitted on the same day.- a 46-year-old man from Estonia and a 26-year-old Singaporean man. Of the nine local monkeypox cases, five are local and four are imported cases. So far, the cases are not linked. Over 16,000 monkeypox cases have been detected in more than 75 countries, up from about 3,000 in end-June. On July 23, the World Health Organisation
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