Malaysia - Zika spreads in Southern city of Johor Bahru: euronews (in English)

euronews (in English)

Published on Sep 7, 2016

Malaysia has had its first case of locally-transmitted Zika virus. On Wednesday, Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam confirmed that a 27-year old woman, who is four months pregnant contracted the virus in the southern city of Johor Bahru near Singapore. An estimated 200,000 people commute between the two cities each day and since Singapore has already got 275 confirmed cases of the virus, its spread was expected.

Subramaniam Sathasivam said: "We have to presume that there will be more cases …

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