As Zika virus continues to spread in the Americas, the government and research organizations in Britain have all taken actions to tackle the potential health threat posed by the virus.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday that it has introduced additional measures to reduce the risk of the Zika virus taking root in Singapore.
Asia has gone on Zika alert as Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Hong Kong stepped up their defences against the mosquito-borne virus, which has spread extensively in the Americas, where up to four million cases are expected this year.
First case of Zika virus contracted in US mainland, confirmed in Texas, is only second documented example of virus being passed through sexual contact
The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the United States has been reported in a county in Texas, the county's health department said Tuesday.
An expert from World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Brazil reported 10-fold Zika-linked microcephaly cases than average, following the UN health agency declared the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in relation to the Zika virus as public health emergency of international concern.
Two new cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have reportedly been detected in two Australian patients who recently returned to Sydney from the Caribbean, though its unlikely the virus has established local transmission.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Tuesday said it was ramping up measures to safeguard against the Zika virus, following the World Health Organization (WHO) designating the virus as a public health emergency of international concern.
Australia's northern states are in the process of safeguarding themselves against the spread of the Zika virus, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a "global health emergency."
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Monday declared the Zika virus an "imminent danger" to public health, giving the government more power to contain an epidemic that has already led to over 4,000 birth defects.
Australia and Pacific island countries are on high alert for the mosquito-borne Zika virus that has been linked to severe birth defects.
As public health officials warn that the Zika virus is swiftly spreading across the Americas, the search is on to develop a vaccine to halt the disease, which could infect as many as four million people by the end of the year and has been linked to severe birth defects.
More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas.
The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus which is suspected of causing birth defects, has reached Europe with reported cases found in Britain, Denmark and Portugal.
The World Health Organization rang a global alarm over the Zika virus on Thursday, saying that the disease was “spreading explosively” in the Americas and that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year.
Portuguese authorities confirmed Wednesday five cases of the Zika virus have been diagnosed, according to the National Health Institute Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments to fight the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus
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