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The Ministry of Health on May 25 requested provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide to enhance the prevention and control of the Zika virus and dengue fever.

The first Zika cluster in Singapore this year has been detected, after three cases were confirmed in Serangoon Gardens, the National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA) said on September 13.

A total of 114 cases of measles were recorded in the capital city of Hanoi since the start of 2019, the municipal Health Department reported.

Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia – a type of bacteria with the potential to prevent the spread of dengue fever –were released in Vinh Luong commune in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city on March 6.

The Southern Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (SVPHEOC) was inaugurated at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Paster Institute on August 23.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to monitor infectious diseases and take measures to prevent cross-infections, avoiding a large-scale outbreak, a health official has said.

Eleven people in Thailand's central Phichit province were confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus while 27 others are being monitored for confirmation, local authorities said on July 4.

The Ministry of Health has urged people to take actions to prevent dengue fever amid increasing infections nationwide.

About 130 Vietnamese and foreign medical experts gathered in Hanoi on June 12 at an international symposium on the management, prevention and control of some diseases caused by Arthropod-borne virus (Arbovirus), any of a group of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks or other arthropods.

Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) on June 9 announced that two local Zika - transmitted cases have been confirmed in Parry Avenue area.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts to monitor preventive action taken against dengue fever and Zika as the southern region enters the rainy season.

Localities are intensifying measures to prevent dengue fever and Zika virus.

Nineteen Zika virus cases have been reported in HCM City since the beginning of the year, according to the city Preventive Health Centre.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore has announced that a new Zika cluster was detected at Flower Road/Hendry Close, nearing to the North-East Region.

Although the number of Zika virus infection cases have dropped, the disease could break out on a large scale if no preventive plan was implemented since the beginning of the year, said a health expert.

The Ministry of Health will release 1 million to 1.4 million of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in four wards in Nha Trang city in an effort to reduce the number of incidences of dengue fever and Zika virus infections.

The southeastern province of Dong Nai has identified a new Zika virus infection case, bringing the total number of infections to seven.

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The southern province of Dong Nai on January 9 declared Zika outbreak at commune-level in Vinh Thanh commune, Nhon Trach district.

A pregnant woman residing in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 11 has been diagnosed with Zika virus, raising the total number of Zika infections among expectant mothers in the city to 18.