SINGAPORE: Singapore government on Saturday said it is monitoring four diseases, including Covid-19, H5N1 and mpox, as part of its efforts to prepare the city-state for another possible pandemic.
In posts on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said after the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities are paying far more attention to risk of the next pandemic.
Ong said apart from COVID-19, the government is also monitoring H5N1 and mpox.