The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first local case of monkeypox infection in Singapore. The patient is a 45-year-old male Malaysian national who resides in Singapore.

In The Straits Times' The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with Professor Dale Fisher back, a senior consultant in infectious diseases at the National University Hospital about this development. Prof Fisher is also part of The World Health Organisation's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.