41 Zika cases
in Aljunied Crescent-Sims Drive area: MOH
SINGAPORE — A day after confirming the first locally transmitted
case of Zika, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that 41 Zika
patients have been confirmed in the Aljunied Crescent-Sims Drive
area.
More cases are expected to
emerge, MOH added at a press conference on Sunday (Aug
28).
Of the 41 Zika cases, 34 people have fully recovered and seven
still have symptoms and are recovering at Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
the ministry said.
On Saturday, the ministry
disclosed that a Malaysian woman living in Blk 102 Aljunied
Crescent had become the first to contract the disease
locally.
-- TODAYonline
