Singapore discovered its second local case of monkeypox on Wednesday (July 13), increasing the overall number of cases to five, as announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The patient is a 48-year-old British resident of Singapore who tested positive for monkeypox on Wednesday, according to an update posted on the MOH's website Wednesday night.
His status is stable at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), where he is hospitalized.
On July 6, he experienced perianal rashes, referring to the area around the anus, and on Monday he had a fever (July 11).
Wednesday he sought medical care and was subsequently admitted to NCID. MOH said that contact tracking is continuing.
It was noticed that the case is unrelated to any of the previously known instances of monkeypox.
The fourth instance, an imported illness reported on July 8th, was a 30-year-old male Indian resident of Singapore who had just returned from Germany.
At the end of last month, he acquired a rash in the groin area and sought medical attention after developing a fever.
On June 30, a 45-year-old Malaysian man residing in Singapore was diagnosed with skin lesions on his lower belly.
After experiencing weariness and lymph node enlargement, he had a sore throat and fever. All close contacts of this local case were quarantined for 21 days.
So yet, none of the reported instances are related.
The symptoms of monkeypox, a rare viral disease, include fever, headache, muscular soreness, backache, enlarged lymph nodes, chills, lethargy, and a skin rash.
MOH had previously said that the majority of patients recover within two to three weeks, but emphasized that small children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised persons are at increased risk for serious sickness.
This year, around 9,200 cases of monkeypox have been documented in 63 countries, the World Health Organization stated on Tuesday.
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