First case of monkeypox virus in Singapore

The first case of Monkeypox has emerged in Singapore. It is being told that a Nigerian man came up with this illness who came into contact with this rare virus by eating bushmeat in a marriage.

It is worth mentioning that meat of non-pet mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds eaten as food in tropical forests is called bushmeet.

Monkeypox, who has taken epidemic form in some parts of central and western Africa, has symptoms of trauma, fever, muscle aches and chills. Usually, this disease is not deadly but in rare cases it may also be deadly.

The city’s health ministry said in a statement that the person who brought this virus had reached Singapore on 28 April.

The Ministry said that symptom have been seen on a 38-year-old man for two days and he is now isolated in an infectious disease center in stable condition. The Ministry said, “Though the risk of its spread is low but still the Health Ministry is taking precaution.”