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Over the last 10 years, Vietnam has been able to stabilise its population growth, and authorities have shifted their focus to population quality.

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.

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.

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

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.

The southern province of Dong Nai has reported its first case of Zika – a woman who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, local health department reported.

Nine out of 83 people infected with the Zika virus in Ho Chi Minh City are pregnant, according to the municipal Preventive Medical Centre.

Vietnam may see more Zika cases because community immunity to the mosquito-borne Zika virus is still low, particularly in central, southern and Central Highland provinces.

The southern province of Dong Nai is stepping up efforts to increase awareness of Zika virus among workers.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on November 21 reported a second Zika virus infection case.

Another 11 Zika cases have been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, increasing the total number of cases in the city to 57, the southern city’s preventive medicine centre said on November 20.

Thailand’s Health Ministry on November 16 announced that 33 new Zika cases have been found and surveillance efforts are being intensified for groups of high vulnerability, especially pregnant women.

Ho Chi Minh City detected three new Zika virus infections, raising the total number of infections in the city to 38, announced the municipal Department of Health on November 14.

Ho Chi Minh City has recorded six more cases inflected with Zika virus as of November 11, raising the total number of infections in the city to 35, the municipal Preventive Medicine Centre announced.

Authorities of HCM City and the municipal health sector must make all-out effort to prevent the Zika virus from spreading, said Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam.

The Philippines has recorded six more Zika virus infection cases, bringing the total number of locally-transmitted cases to 23, Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial told the press on November 4.

Ho Chi Minh City is offering more advice and tests for pregnant women amidst fear of the Zika virus, with 17 cases reported in the southern city by October 31.

Myanmar is on high alert and has taken measures against the Zika virus following the first case detected in the city of Yangon last week.

The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City declared 17 Zika infections in the city as of October 31, all detected by the local disease monitoring system.