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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.

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.

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 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.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has declared the end of Zika virus outbreak at commune-ward level in Phuoc Long Ward, District 9.

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on October 30 confirmed Vietnam’s first microcephaly case likely related to the Zika virus.

The southern province of Binh Duong has declared a Zika epidemic at communal level at Binh Chuan ward of Thuan An township.

Myanmar has recorded its first Zika infection, reported Myanmar media on October 27.

The first Zika virus infection in the southern province of Long An was announced by the provincial Health Department at a press conference on October 24

A delegation from the Ministry of Health has arrived in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to inspect the suspected Zika-linked microcephaly case reported earlier in the locality.

A baby born with suspected microcephaly has been reported in Krong Buk district in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The Philippine Health Ministry on October 14 reported two new cases of Zika virus infection, bringing the country’s total number of Zika virus infections to 17 this year.

The confirmation of two Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Thailand is not likely to scare off large numbers of Chinese tourists due to jet in for holidays next week, industry operators said.

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on September 30 confirmed that the Zika virus had caused two cases of microcephaly - a condition that results in babies being born with small heads.

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Heath on September 27 revealed that relevant agencies are investigating four suspected cases of Zika-related microcephaly in three babies and a 36-week-old unborn baby.

The Zika virus behind an outbreak in Singapore was likely evolved from a strain already circulating in Southeast Asia in the 1960s, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said on September 8.

Thailand’s Minister of Public Security Piyasakol Sakolsathayathorn has assured that the spread of the Zika virus in the country is not severe.

Thai authorities have stepped up surveillance after two pregnant women in Bangkok were found to have been infected with the Zika virus, which has been linked with microcephaly.

A recent Zika virus outbreak is officially ended at the commune and ward level in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from April 20.