Singapore Confirms City’s First Monkeypox Case in British Flight Attendant

Singapore’s health authorities have confirmed the country’s first imported case of monkeypox since 2019, joining at least 42 countries that have reported such infections this year.

The virus was detected in a 42-year-old male British flight attendant who tested positive on June 20 and is currently in stable condition at the country’s National Center for Infectious Diseases, the country’s health ministry said in a statement late Tuesday. The city-state last confirmed an imported case of monkeypox in May 2019.