Singapore hit by first case of locally transmitted Zika virus infection
Published 30 min ago
Lin Yangchen
SINGAPORE - In the first case of locally-transmitted Zika infection here, a 47-year-old Malaysian woman living in Aljunied Crescent tested positive for the virus on Saturday (Aug 27) at the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The patient, who had not travelled to Zika-affected areas recently, had developed symptoms two days earlier and was referred to the CDC by a geeral practitioner the day after, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement. She is hospitalised but is recovering.
This is not the first case of Zika here. In May this year, a 48-year-old permanent resident was thought to have caught the virus on a business trip to Sao Paulo in Brazil.
The two agencies said that importation of the virus from overseas is inevitable given the high volume of travel to and from Singapore, and that local transmission is also possible given the presence of the Aedes mosquito that spreads the virus.
Furthermore, as many of the people infected with Zika do not show symptoms, some transmission may already have taken place before the latest case of Zika was identified.
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Zika in Aljunied
Singapore’s first local Zika infection: Residents step up anti-mozzie efforts
Published 4 hours ago
Lin Yangchen
While details of Singapore’s first local case of Zika infection are only beginning to emerge, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has already taken steps to monitor the situation at Aljunied Crescent and prepare residents for battle.
When The Sunday Times visited last night, posters had been put up at the lift landings of Block 102, providing background information on Zika. Another poster informed residents that fogging of the area would take place this morning. Five NEA officers were seen in the area last night distributing leaflets and bottles of insect repellent spray.
A 47-year-old Malaysian woman who lives in the block was yesterday confirmed to have the Zika virus. It is the first locally transmitted case in Singapore.
Aljunied woman is first case of local Zika infection
MacPherson MP Tin Pei Ling said she is in touch with the Ministry of Health for regular updates.
“I urge pregnant ladies to monitor your health especially carefully, as Zika can affect the development of an unborn child. As a mother, I am deeply concerned about this and had in fact raised this issue in Parliament earlier this year,” she said.
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41 cases of locally transmitted Zika confirmed in Aljunied Crescent cluster, 34 fully recovered
Published 10 min ago
Janice Heng
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika, all of whom were residents or workers in the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area. They include 36 foreign construction workers.
This is out of 124 people - including 118 construction workers - who were tested on Aug 27. In all, 78 have tested negative and the remaining five cases are still pending, MOH and the National Environment Agency announced in a joint press conference on Sunday (Aug 28).
None of the cases are known to have travelled to Zika-affected areas recently, suggesting local transmission. These are in contrast to Singapore’s first Zika case in May, a 48-year-old man who had visited Brazil, one of the Zika-affected countries.
The latest announcement follows the one on Saturday (Aug 27) of Singapore’s first locally transmitted case of the virus - a Malaysian woman. She is the only confirmed female case in Singapore.
Of the 41 cases, 36 were detected through active testing. In all, 34 cases have fully recovered. The remaining seven, “who were mostly tested on Aug 27”, are still symptomatic and recovering at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
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Zika Virus
The Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore has been closely monitoring the Zika virus situation, and will be introducing several measures to enhance the surveillance of the disease and the protection of Singaporeans. We also urge all Singaporeans to take the appropriate precautions to prevent mosquito breeding as vector control is critical in preventing transmission and reducing the risk of the virus from taking root in Singapore.
List of Countries with Zika Virus Outbreak/ Ongoing Local Transmission
Zika virus infection in humans has been reported since the 1950s. It is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, identical to dengue. Only about one in five infections are symptomatic. Zika is generally a mild and self-limiting illness[1]. Although rare, serious neurological complications have been reported. There is no vaccine or specific anti-viral drugs.
Ongoing outbreaks[2]
Ongoing local transmission/ exported cases [2]
Latin America and the Caribbean
Tucumán province, Argentina
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Bonaire
Brazil
Colombia
Dominica
Costa Rica
Curaçao
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Bethelemy
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
US Virgin Islands
Oceania
American Samoa
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Tonga
Samoa
Africa
Cape Verde
Asia
Beung Kan province, Thailand
Phetchabun province, Thailand
United States
Florida
Latin America and the Caribbean
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Grenada
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Turks and Caicos
Asia
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Africa
Guinea-Bissau
[1] Symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain, muscle aches, headache, red eyes.
[2] Areas with “ongoing outbreaks” refer to areas that are reporting a higher number of cases (more than 10 cases), widespread transmission or with transmission for more than 8 weeks. Areas with “ongoing local transmission/exported cases” refers to areas reporting 10 or fewer local cases in a single area within 8 weeks as well as areas reporting exported cases.
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Zika outbreak: Other areas such as Sembawang being monitored
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika, all of whom were residents or workers in the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area.
Published 6 hours ago
Janice Heng
The authorities are monitoring places outside the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area - where the Zika cases emerged - after finding that some who contracted the disease either live or work elsewhere.
Khatib Camp, Sembawang Drive, and several worker dormitories are among those on the list.
“Given that the Zika virus is spread by the Aedes mosquito vector, MOH cannot rule out further community transmission in Singapore, since some of those tested positive also live or work in other parts of Singapore,” the Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint statement.
Of the 41 confirmed cases of Zika, 36 are foreign construction workers from a site in Sims Drive.
NEA inspected their on-site quarters and two other worker dormitories in Kranji Road and Senoko South Road on Saturday. One mosquito breeding site was found at Kranji.
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Zika outbreak: How events unfolded
Sims Drive Medical Clinic notified the Health Ministry on Aug 22 after an unusual increase of cases with fever, rashes and joint pains.
Published 6 hours ago
MONDAY, AUG 22
Sims Drive Medical Clinic, having noticed an unusual increase in cases with fever, rashes and joint pains, notifies the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the evening.
TUESDAY
MOH officials visit the clinic and discuss the cases with a doctor there. The initial belief is that there is a cluster of a mild viral illness.
MOH makes arrangements for the clinic to refer new cases to the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) for testing, and to start tracing past cases.
Nearby clinics and supervisors of a nearby construction site are also told to increase vigilance and report cases to MOH.
THURSDAY
MOH asks the construction site’s contractor for records of workers who had had fevers. Meanwhile, a 47-year-old Malaysian woman working in the coffee shop at Block 45 Sims Drive develops a fever, rashes and conjunctivitis.
FRIDAY
She visits Sims Drive Medical Clinic and is referred to the CDC.
SATURDAY
The woman is confirmed to have Zika. The National Environment Agency (NEA) is notified and starts anti-mosquito measures as well as inspections. NEA also begins outreach efforts to 14 blocks of flats in the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area.
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Zika outbreak: Tracing under way before case confirmed
MOH has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika, all of whom were residents or workers in the Aljunied Crescent and Sims Drive area.
Published 6 hours ago
Checks started after clinic flagged unusual rise in cases of fever, rashes and joint pain
Janice Heng
By the time the first locally transmitted case of Zika was confirmed last Saturday, the authorities were already tracing past cases of fever in the area.
This allowed them to move swiftly on Zika testing of another 123 people last Saturday, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) in a joint press conference yesterday.
Most of the results came in on Saturday night. As of noon yesterday, results were pending for five cases.
Said Professor Leo Yee Sin, senior consultant at the Communicable Disease Centre: “The minute the first case was made known - in other words, the blood was detected positive - a lot of investigations had already taken place to find out as much as possible.”
The MOH was first alerted on the evening of Aug 22, when Sims Drive Medical Clinic flagged an unusual increase in cases of fever, rashes and joint pain.
The next day, MOH officials visited the clinic. The cases that the GP had seen were mild. The initial hypothesis was that a mild viral illness was being spread from person to person.
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