The External Affairs Ministry of India has confirmed that a dozen of the country’s citizens located in Singapore have contracted the Zika virus.
“According to our mission in Singapore, 13 Indian nationals have tested positive for Zika in Singapore,” Vikas Swarup, spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, reportedly confirmed.Singapore government has reported 115 locally transmitted Zika cases including that of a pregnant woman. The country reported its first Zika case in May from a man who had visited Sao Paulo in Brazil.
Zika cases were first detected in the residential area of Aljunied Crescent, where foreign construction workers live, then spread to nearby areas, the Singaporean Ministry of Health informed.
"Over time, we expect Zika cases to emerge from more areas," Singaporean Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong further added.
Low immunity is reportedly the reason for the high incidence of Zika in the island country.
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