SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore
Singapore has detected 13 cases of mpox Clade 2 infections this year, the health ministry said in a bulletin on Thursday.
To date, all mpox infections
in the city state have been the "less severe" Clade 2 infections, it
added.
Earlier on Thursday, Thailand
confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the Clade 1b strain of
the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa. Clade 1b
has triggered
global concern due to the ease with which it spreads though routine
close contact.
The World Health Organization
declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency of international concern after the new variant was
identified.
Singapore said it was
monitoring the global situation closely.
The health ministry said that as a precaution, it will from Friday screen the temperatures of travellers arriving at Changi and Seletar airports from places exposed to the risk of mpox outbreaks.
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