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23 Chinese nationals in Singapore confirmed infected with Zika
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THE Chinese Embassy in Singapore on Thursday said that 23 Chinese nationals in the city state are confirmed to have been infected with Zika virus.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday confirmed that foreigners account for 57 of 115 Zika cases in Singapore so far, including 23 from China's mainland and one from China's Taiwan.
MOH added that all of the 57 foreigners who tested positive for Zika in Singapore had "mild illness" and most have recovered.
The Zika virus is on a rampage in Singapore, with 115 locally-transmitted cases -- including the first pregnant woman -- confirmed late Wednesday by the country's Ministry of Health (MOH), CNN reported.
"Over time, we expect Zika cases to emerge from more areas," said Singaporean Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong, in a statement released Wednesday.
"The proportion of our population that are immune to the Zika virus is likely to be low in Singapore and if you don't have the immunity to provide the roadblocks, then it's likely that the virus will spread fast," Eng Eong Ooi, the deputy director of the Emerging Infectious Disease program at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, reportedly told CNN.
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