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

The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has instructed the building of aprocedure for receiving and curing Zika-infected cases, particularly pregnantones.

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 20 cases reported so far.

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

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

The Philippine Government on October 5 reported three new cases of Zika virus infection, bringing the total of locally-transmitted Zika infections in the country to 15 this year.

The Thai health ministry said on October 3 that it is considering providing free-of-charge tests for all pregnant women for Zika.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel warning, advising pregnant women to consider postponing unimportant travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries.

Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on September 23 confirmed that 16 pregnant women in the country have been infected with the Zika virus.

An annual programme to eradicate HIV transmitted from mothers to children is in full swing this June.

The Department of Health of central Binh Dinh province on May 16 provided training for medical workers at local health providers caring for pregnant women during the Zika virus outbreak.

As the proportion of pregnant women with diabetes has risen in Vietnam in the last 20 years, doctors are urging early screening to detect gestational diabetes.

The Ministry of Health on April 6 issued a temporary manual guiding pregnant women on how to take care of themselves amid the circulation of the Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has suggested Vietnam expand supervising subjects to prevent the spread of Zika virus into the country as it is continually developing globally.

Hanoi is making efforts to deliver prenatal diagnoses to 85 percent of expectant mothers by the end of 2020, up from 70 percent at the end of 2015.

Hanoi has carried out a project on health screening for pregnant women and infants since the beginning of the year.

A programme on piloting maternal and child health (MCH) record books in Vietnam has had encouraging outcomes, as heard at a seminar in Hanoi on August 11.