SINGAPORE, May 12 — Singapore has confirmed three local cases of Zika virus infection with all the cases involving either those who reside or work in Kovan, a neighbourhood...
SINGAPORE, May 12 — Singapore has confirmed three local cases of Zika virus infection with all the cases involving either those who reside or work in Kovan, a neighbourhood located within the town of Hougang in the North-East Region of the Island-city.
“Two are currently recovering at home while one is hospitalised and is stable. None of the three cases is pregnant,” said the republic’s Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency in a joint statement today.Symptoms of Zika virus infection include fever, rashes, joint pain, muscle pain, headache and conjunctivitis .Although rare, Zika virus infection can cause microcephaly in unborn babies of pregnant women.
Similar to the dengue virus, the Zika virus infection is transmitted primarily by the Aedes mosquito, it said. — Bernama
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