When it infects pregnant women, it can cause severe birth defects such as microcephaly, according to researchers.
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He said a total of 472 samples were tested by the National Public Health Laboratory and the Institute of Medical Research, but the (Zika) virus was not detected in the country as of May 12.
Rius added that, honoring the family’s right to privacy, no further details would be released about the case, or whether it had entailed abortion or miscarriage.
It is “the first imported case of Zika virus infection in Singapore”, the statement said.
Seven countries have reported microcephaly cases related to the outbreak, with more than 1,300 confirmed cases in Brazil, according to the World Health Organization.
In January, health officials said a baby was born with microcephaly in Hawaii to a woman who had become infected with Zika in Brazil.
Local mosquito transmission means that mosquitoes in the area are infected with zika virus and are spreading it to people.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokeswoman Erin Sykes said that they conducted a test to confirm the diagnosis.
The U.S territory has over 900 confirmed cases of the virus including over 100 in pregnant women. Some needed additional care after developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune condition also associated with the Zika virus.
Such situation has anxious the White House because it believes that the debt that the Puerto Rican government is facing could impede its ability to manage the possible health problems caused by Zika virus.
With fears mounting over the Zika virus’ growing proximity to the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci separates fact from fiction.
“For most people, Zika is not risky, and some of them will not even have symptoms”, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli.
For more information about Delaware’s Mosquito Control program, including more information about how to prevent or get rid of standing water that produces mosquitoes, go to http://de.gov/mosquito. The Senate measure declares combating Zika an “emergency” and provides its funding on top of the current $1.1 trillion limit on agency budgets. “This is quite a unsafe time for us as this is the right time for mosquitoes to breed”.
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In a Facebook post on Saturday, NEA said it had intensified vector control operations to control the Aedes mosquito population in the areas around the case’s residence.
