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Zika's explosive spread

An Aedes aegypti mosquito. Photo: Adolfo Arranz/TODAY

An Aedes aegypti mosquito. Photo: Adolfo Arranz/TODAY

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SINGAPORE — The World Health Organization (WHO) had earlier this year sounded the alarm over the Zika virus, saying that it is “spreading explosively” in the Americas that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year. Singapore on May 13 saw its first imported case of Zika virus infection.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that “there is no longer any doubt that Zika causes microcephaly” — a condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and other severe brain defects. TODAY looks at how the virus is carried by mosquitoes, its symptoms and the birth defects it could cause.

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A day after confirming the first locally transmitted case of Zika, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday (Aug 28) that 41 Zika patients have been confirmed in the Aljunied Crescent-Sims Drive area. Read more: bit.ly/2bu5GvU.

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