SINGAPORE — Malaysia confirmed on Thursday (Sept 1) its first case of Zika in a woman who recently travelled to Singapore for three days to visit her daughter.

Malaysia's health minister said the woman tested positive for Zika on Wednesday after she experienced a rash and fever for a week after her return from Singapore.

Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said her daughter, who is in Singapore, had tested positive for Zika on Tuesday.

The woman, 58, from Bandar Botanic in Klang, Selangor, is suspected to have been infected while she and her husband visited their daughter in Singapore from Aug 19 to Aug 21.

She started exhibiting symptoms of rash on Sunday, and she sought medical attention at a private clinic in Klang two days later, said a press release from the Malaysia Ministry of Health.

The health ministry said that the woman's husband and relatives who live with her has yet to show any symptoms of the Zika infection. Before she returned home after her visit to Singapore, she had visited several areas in the district of Klang and Kuala Lumpur.

The ministry said it has already started vector control activities in the residential area of the case and other places that the woman had visited. Such activities include thermal fogging, which aims to prevent mosquito breeding. 

Singapore has 115 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease, five of whom are Malaysians residing and working here.

Among other foreign nationals in Singapore who have been infected with Zika are 21 Chinese nationals and 13 Indian nationals. 

The High Commission of Bangladesh in Singapore said on Thursday that six Bangladeshi nationals are among those with Zika. WITH AGENCIES