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Potential new Zika cluster in Joo Seng; total number of cases up to 242

SINGAPORE — A new potential Zika cluster in the Joo Seng Road area has been identified, in the latest update from the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Sept 4).

Fogging going on at Bishan. TODAY file photo.

Fogging going on at Bishan. TODAY file photo.

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SINGAPORE — A new potential Zika cluster in the Joo Seng Road area has been identified, in the latest update from the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Sept 4).

MOH also reported twenty-seven new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection here as of noon on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 242.

Of these, 25 cases are linked to the Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way cluster.

One has no known links to any existing cluster, and the other new case lives in the Joo Seng Road area. There had been a previously reported case who also lives in the Joo Seng Road area, prompting MOH to identify it as a potential new cluster.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) said it would carry out vector control operations and outreach efforts at Joo Seng Road.

Meanwhile, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has been continuing with vector control operations to control the Aedes mosquito population in Aljunied Crescent, Sims Drive, Kallang Way and Paya Lebar Way, where, as of Saturday, 62 breeding habitats – comprising 36 in homes and 26 in common areas and other premises – had been detected and destroyed.

The NEA’s vector control operations and outreach efforts in Bedok North Avenue turned up 39 breeding habitats there as of Saturday – comprising 29 in homes and 10 in common areas and other premises. These have been destroyed.

The Aedes mosquito-borne Zika, which has been detected in 67 countries and territories including hard-hit Brazil, causes only mild symptoms for most people such as fever and a rash.

But pregnant women who are infected can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by abnormally small brains and heads.

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