Seoul/Singapore, June 22 (EFE).- Singapore has confirmed its first monkeypox infection and South Korea is examining two suspected cases of the virus as the disease spreads across the world. The patient in Singapore is a 42-year-old flight attendant from the United Kingdom, marking the first instance of monkeypox in Southeast Asia during the ongoing worldwide …
He got COVID-19 in February and was sent to the facility Sunday. He was found dead Wednesday.
He had earlier been charged with flouting South Korea s quarantine guidelines.
A 37-year-old South Korean man is said to have died by suicide in a South Korean COVID-19 treatment facility, after being charged with violating the country s strict laws on quarantining and self-isolating, according to Yonhap News.
The man, known to authorities as A, had contracted COVID-19 in February and was sent to the facility Sunday.
He was found unconscious in his room at the Yeongjong treatment facility in Incheon, a city just outside Seoul, on Wednesday.