Symptoms in adults are mild, but the virus can cause severe birth defects if pregnant women are infected, so it is being tracked closely.
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He said health facilities in Brazil had been poised to track and treat Zika cases, but had reported none.
The illness is usually acquired through bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the same type of mosquito that also spread dengue and chikungunya.
On Thursday, the ministry had confirmed a Malaysian woman in Klang to be the first in the country to be infected with the virus after returning from Singapore last month.
Many countries across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region are vulnerable to Zika virus.
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WHO meanwhile said Friday that Zika is still a public health emergency, reiterating its February position.
“Over time, we expect Zika cases to emerge in more areas given the presence of the Aedes mosquitoes here”, the ministry said.
Burma’s Ministry of Health said that since the Zika epidemic began in Brazil in 2015, they have been taking precautionary measures in the country and screening passengers for fever when arriving at airports and ports.
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization declared the virus -mainly spread by the bite of the Aedes mosquito and sometimes sexual transmission – an global health emergency. Women who may become pregnant in the near future, and their partners, are also urged to take extra precautions when living or traveling in Zika hotspots.
The Brazilian study, published on Tuesday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report on death and disease, confirmed less rigorous reports of deafness among infants born to mothers with Zika infections.
Primadi said thermal imaging equipment to detect abnormal body temperatures was installed at eight Indonesian ports with routes serving Singapore, including the capital Jakarta’s airport.
Since the outbreak began a year ago, more than 1.5 million people have been infected with Zika in Brazil, and more than 1,600 babies born with abnormally small heads and brains.
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The WHO said in May the Olympics would not significantly impact the spread of the Zika virus and that cancelling the Games did not make sense.
