Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been infected with COVID-19, government officials announced on Tuesday.
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Zika virus infection in pregnancy is "the most likely explanation" behind congenital brain abnormalities in babies including microcephaly, the World Health Organization says. Another study also describes the effect of Zika virus infection in the eyes of mouse fetuses, newborns and adults.
Canada's Public Health Agency on Monday confirmed the first positive case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in an Ontario resident whose partner had been infected by the virus after traveling to an affected country.
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.
While there has not been any Zika virus cases detected in Singapore so far, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Sunday (Jan 24) that it was monitoring the virus situation closely.
The ministry is also considering taking precautionary measures against the virus, which is spreading fast across Latin America and is suspected of causing birth defects.