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.

Transmission is usually via close contact with infected animals such as rodents and monkeys and is limited between people. It is not normally fatal but has been in rare cases.

The man who brought in the virus arrived in Singapore on April 28, the city-state’s health ministry (MOH) said in a statement late Thursday.

The 38-year-old developed symptoms two days later and is currently isolated at an infectious disease centre in a stable condition, the ministry said.

Another 23 individuals who had been in close contact with the man have also been quarantined and will be monitored for 21 days.

Outside Africa, human monkeypox infections had only been previously reported in the United States, Britain and Israel, according to the US Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.


https://guardian.ng/news/world/singapore-reports-first-case-of-rare-monkeypox-virus/amp/

Nigerians & hunger!


What have we not seen them eat here on Nairaland?
Snakes, chimpanzee, dolphin, seal, porcupine, manatee, hyena, ostrich, stingray, bush baby, shark, scorpion, rat, dog, racoon / civet cat.
Just name it.

One even prepared python eggs for his family to eat.

The black man is truly cursed.



*spits

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May God help us in this country
Government should ban eating of all forms of bushmeat that does not have NAFDAC number �lol.
On a more serious note we as Nigerians should watch what we eat because we are what we eat at the end of the day.
Some meat like SNAKES (lalasticala), monitor lizard, monkeys, Vultures, dead whales or other dead animals should not be eaten.
The thought of eating these animals is nauseating enough

I trust as usual this will not make front page but instead a other version will soon be pushed to front page by the MOD.

No shakes so far people get the message that chicken pox is coming back and is more deadly this time so we should think twice about eating monkeys especially if not cooked properly