Singaporeans across the island who show clear signs of a Zika infection will from tomorrow be able to test if they have the virus at a subsidised rate of $60.
The number of locally transmitted Zika cases stands at 242 on Sunday (Sept 4), one week since the outbreak was first reported in Singapore. This is up by 27 from 215 cases on Saturday.
The World health Organization has called for a massive public education campaign to stop mosquito-borne Zika virus from spreading, a WHO spokesman said on Friday.
Over Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood where Zika gained a foothold in the continental United States, low flying planes have been spraying naled, a tightly controlled pesticide often used as a last resort. It appears to be working, killing at least 90 percent of the target mosquitoes.
Singapore confirmed 31 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection with one is pregnant as of Thursday, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA).
Cambodian citizens should be vigilant over Zika virus, although the country has not seen any case of the virus so far, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday.
Indonesian authorities are making serious response to the spread of Zika virus in Singapore by issuing travel advisory for pregnant women planning to travel to the neighboring country.
Malaysia confirmed on Thursday (Sept 1) its first case of Zika after a woman tested positive for the virus following a three-day visit to neighbouring Singapore on August 19.
A comparison of rates of Guillain-Barre syndrome before and after Zika arrived in seven countries has found a strong association between the virus and the illness, researchers from the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Singapore reported the first case of pregnant woman with Zika virus infection, among 24 newly reported cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday confirmed 26 more cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, bringing the total number of infected cases to 82.
Malaysian Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said on Monday (Aug 29) that travellers who enter Johor by bus from Singapore will go through thermal screening for the Zika virus at the checkpoints.
The Indonesian government has stepped up alertness on the possible spread of Zika viruses into the country as the number of infection case steeply rises in neighboring Singapore, a minister disclosed here on Monday.
The clinic that discovered Singapore’s first local Zika case saw five more suspected cases on Monday (Aug 29).
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) is actively testing people who live in the areas with high likelihood of local transmissions of Zika virus, as the number of people in the city state infected by Zika virus has grown up to 41 by Sunday.
Mosquitoes that can spread the disease pose a threat at seven black spots across the city
Health officials in Florida said Friday there is a "high likelihood" that the state has the first cases of local Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes in the continental United States.
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