Chitchat 1st pregnant woman tests positive for Zika

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SINGAPORE: A total of 115 Zika infections has been confirmed in Singapore, including a pregnant woman for the first time, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint briefing on Wednesday evening (Aug 31).

The authorities also identified a new potential cluster at Bedok North Avenue 3, as well as confirmed 24 new cases, most of which are from the existing cluster.

Of the 24 new cases, authorities said 22 cases are from the Aljunied Crescent / Sims Drive / Kallang Way / Paya Lebar Way cluster. Two cases have no known links to the affected area. One patient lives at Joo Seng Road and the other lives at Punggol Way.

On the potential new cluster at Bedok North Avenue 3, MOH and NEA said that three cases were reported yesterday. The patients had symptoms showing within four days and therefore did not infect one another. One case in Bedok North has a link to Kallang Way, but the other two have no known links to the Sims Drive / Aljunied Crescent cluster. Authorities said this suggests a possible new cluster.

The authorities also identified nine of the cases as a result of MOH's look-back testing of previous cases.

The pregnant Zika patient lives in the Aljunied Crescent / Sims Drive area and was diagnosed on Wednesday, authorities said, adding that she displayed mild symptoms of the virus and was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital. They added that she lives with a household member who was also diagnosed as positive for Zika.

Her doctor is following up closely with her to monitor her health as well as the development of the baby, authorities said. She will be referred to a maternal-foetal medicine specialist for counselling and advice.

Head of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professor Arijit Biswas said the general guidelines were for pregnant patients with Zika to go for checks every four weeks.


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