SINGAPORE, Dec. 29 -- Singapore has recorded its first known case of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a human, involving a former dairy farmer whose infection was traced to drinking unpasteurised cow's milk decades earlier.

The case was identified in 2021 and involved a 73-year-old Indian man who had worked as a dairy farmer for 28 years and regularly consumed raw milk during that time.

He has since completed treatment with standard TB medication, and none of his close contacts tested positive for the disease, Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency confirmed.

In response to queries from The Straits Times, the agency said the man remains the only known human case of bovine TB in Singapore. It did not disclose how many close contacts were t...