Singapore reports first case of rare monkey pox virus after Nigerian man ate bushmeat at a wedding
Bushmeat, which can be chimpanzee, gorilla, antelope, birds or rodent, is a staple of some African diets
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmeat
>Bushmeat, wildmeat, or game meat is meat from non-domesticated mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds hunted for food in tropical forests.[1] Commercial harvesting and the trade of wildlife is considered a threat to biodiversity.[2][3]
>Bushmeat also provides a route for a number of serious tropical diseases to spread to humans from their animal hosts, such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola.[4][5] Bushmeat is used for sustenance in remote areas, while in major towns and cities in bushmeat eating societies it is treated as a delicacy.[6]
>Animals used as bushmeat may also carry other diseases such as smallpox, chicken pox, tuberculosis, measles, rubella, rabies, yellow fever and yaws.[34] African squirrels (Heliosciurus, Funisciurus) have been implicated as reservoirs of the monkeypox virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[35] The bubonic plague bacteria can transfer to humans when handling or eating North American prairie dogs.[36]
>In many instances, contracting the diseases mentioned above often occurs due to the cutting of the meat, when animal blood and other fluids may touch the people cutting it, thereby infecting them. Another path of infection is that some of the meat may not be completely cooked. This often occurs due to the type of cooking method: hanging the meat over an open fire.[37] Improper preparation of any infected animal may be fatal.[38]
Nigeria's Top 2 Bushmeat is Monkeys and Fruitbats.
This guy from Nigeria caught monkeypox from eating bushmeat at a wedding he attended in Nigeria and then brought it to Singapore and now 21 other people who came in contact with him are being forcibly quarantined for 30 days, affecting their livelihoods and employment.