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.

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.

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