SINGAPORE – There have been 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus infection, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
All of the infected are residents or workers in the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area, including 36 foreign workers.
34 have fully recovered while seven are recovering at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, said MOH and NEA in a joint statement on Aug 28.
A total of 124 people were tested on Aug 27, after Singapore’s first locally-transmitted case of the virus was reported.
The 47-year-old Malaysian woman resides at Block 102 Aljunied Crescent.
None of the cases travelled to Zika-affected areas recently, which suggests that the virus was transmitted locally.
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