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NOTICE: In case of small children with suspected early evidence relating to the first Zika virus in Vietnam30/10/2016 As information, immediately after receiving the report of the test results were positive for Zika virus's 1st case of children with small scratch marks in Krong Buk district, Dak Lak province, dated 10.17.2016, the Ministry of Health has organized an urgent meeting Office emergency response to epidemics (EOC) to consider and assess the disease situation by Zika virus. Then the Ministry of Health has raised the alert notification to the Zika virus diseases in response to the epidemic in the new situation. http://vncdc.gov.vn/vi/tin-tuc-trong-nuoc…

Monday, Oct 10, 2016, Posted at: 15:46(GMT+7) Husband of Zika infected expectant mother experiences symptoms similar with disease The husband of a pregnant woman, who is the first case infected with Zika virus in the southern province of Binh Duong, has showed similar symptoms of the disease two days after she was tested positive for the virus. That was announced by doctor Huynh Thi Phuong Nguyet, director of the health clinic in Thuan An town, Binh Duong on October 10. …

Zika virus threatens to spread to northern Vietnam By VnExpress October 10, 2016 | 03:34 pm GMT+7 The virus may inevitably find its way up to mosquito-infested northern provinces and cities after recent two non-travel related cases. Health experts are warning that the capital Hanoi and northern Vietnam are at risk from the Zika virus following two new non-travel-related cases in the southern part of the country reported last week by the Ministry of Health. The new cases, one in Thuan An District in the southern province of Binh Duong and one Ho Chi Minh City's District 9, bring the total number of Zika cases recorded in Vietnam so far …

Meanwhile, the CDC noted that South Korea, Australia and Israel have all reported imported cases of Zika infection from Vietnam this year. With an increase in the number of mosquitoes during the rainy season in Southeast Asia, the number of cases of Zika infection is expected to rise, it said. http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2987830

Vietnam reports first cases of Zika virus infection Source: Xinhua 2016-04-05 11:00:31 HANOI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Health of Vietnam on Tuesday reported the country's first two cases of infecting Zika virus in southern Khanh Hoa province and Ho Chi Minh City, said local media. The first patient is a 64 year-old woman living in Khanh Hoa's Nha Trang city, reported local VNExpress online newspaper on Tuesday. She started fever on March 26 with symptoms of mild fever, headache, rash in two legs and pinkeye. After two days of self-treatment at home, she was not better and went to Khanh Hoa Hospital of Tropical Diseases. On March 31, test results in Nha …