Singapore Reports First Case of Rare Monkeypox Virus

Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, which is endemic in parts of Central and Western Africa.

Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought to have contracted the rare virus by eating bushmeat at a wedding.

Symptoms in humans of monkeypox, which is endemic in parts of Central and Western Africa, include lesions, fever, muscle ache and chills.