According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore's first imported mpox case was reported on 20 June 2022.
Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
[4] Diagnosis can be confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing a lesion for the virus's DNA.
[5] The Ministry of Health (MOH) detailed that the patient is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant.
[1] On 6 July, it was confirmed that a 45-year-old Malaysian man tested positive becoming the first locally unlinked infection in the country.