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Monkeypox was renamed mpox in Singapore in February 2023, in line with World Health Organisation guidelines that aim to avoid the stigma linked to the original name. The MOH spokesman said: “Globally, there has been an increase in mpox cases, and Singapore is also seeing an increase in cases locally.” Professor Paul Tambyah, a senior consultant in infectious diseases at the National University Hospital, speaking in his capacity as president of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, said: “We are in line with the rest of East and South-east Asia in that the mpox peak is a bit later than in Europe and the Americas, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) data available.” In October 2023, WHO recorded 668 cases from 29 countries; the following month, there were 906 cases from 26 countries.
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