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Singapore confirms 27 more locally transmitted Zika cases

 
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Singapore authorities on Sunday confirmed 27 more cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, bringing the total to 242.

Twenty-five new cases were linked to the initial outbreak area, one was linked to a potential new cluster and the remaining new case had no known links to any existing cluster, the Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency said in a joint statement.

"There is a potential new cluster involving one previously reported case and a new case today...," the statement said.

Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly - a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized - as well as other brain abnormalities.

The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which has since confirmed more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly.

In adults, Zika infections have also been linked to a rare neurological syndrome known as Guillain-Barre, as well as other neurological disorders.

The virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 and was unknown in the Americas until 2014.

 

(Reporting by Masayuki Kitano; Editing by Mark Potter and Stephen Powell)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-singapore-cases-idUSKCN11A0KR?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+(Reuters+Health+News)

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Potential new Zika cluster in Joo Seng; total number of cases up to 242

Potential new Zika cluster in Joo Seng; total number of cases up to 242
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PUBLISHED: 7:07 PM, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
 
 

SINGAPORE — A new potential Zika cluster in the Joo Seng Road area has been identified, in the latest update from the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Sept 4).

MOH also reported twenty-seven new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection here as of noon on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 242.

 

Of these, 25 cases are linked to the Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way cluster.

One has no known links to any existing cluster, and the other new case lives in the Joo Seng Road area. There had been a previously reported case who also lives in the Joo Seng Road area, prompting MOH to identify it as a potential new cluster.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) said it would carry out vector control operations and outreach efforts at Joo Seng Road.

Meanwhile, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has been continuing with vector control operations to control the Aedes mosquito population in Aljunied Crescent, Sims Drive, Kallang Way and Paya Lebar Way, where, as of Saturday, 62 breeding habitats – comprising 36 in homes and 26 in common areas and other premises – had been detected and destroyed.

The NEA’s vector control operations and outreach efforts in Bedok North Avenue turned up 39 breeding habitats there as of Saturday – comprising 29 in homes and 10 in common areas and other premises. These have been destroyed.

The Aedes mosquito-borne Zika, which has been detected in 67 countries and territories including hard-hit Brazil, causes only mild symptoms for most people such as fever and a rash.

But pregnant women who are infected can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by abnormally small brains and heads.

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/potential-new-zika-cluster-joo-seng-total-number-cases-242

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Joint MOH-NEA media statement (4 Sep 2016) 

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1.        As of 12pm, 4 September, MOH has confirmed 27 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore. Of these, 25 cases are linked to the Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way cluster.

2.        There is a potential new cluster involving one previously reported case and a new case today. They both live in the Joo Seng Road area. The other new case has no known links to any existing cluster. 

Vector Control Update

3.        NEA has been continuing with vector control operations to control theAedes mosquito population in Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way.  As of 3 September, 62 breeding habitats – comprising 36 in homes and 26 in common areas/other premises – have been detected and destroyed.  NEA officers and volunteers are also continuing with outreach efforts in Paya Lebar Way and Kallang Way.

4.        NEA is continuing with vector control operations and outreach efforts in Bedok North Avenue. As of 3 September, 39 breeding habitats – comprising 29 in homes and 10 in common areas/other premises – have been detected and destroyed. Mosquito control measures are ongoing.

5.        NEA will be carrying out vector control operations and outreach efforts at Joo Seng Road.

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