Vietnamese woman diagnosed with Zika fever in Japan

13 September, 2016 | Vietnam News
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo: Reuters)

Japanese media reports a Vietnamese woman has been confirmed infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

It’s the first case in Tokyo since the government recognised the disease as Class-4 in February, the health ministry said on Monday.

The woman, in her 40s, arrived in Japan on Thursday and had been diagnosed with Zika fever after developing a rash and a headache, and tested positive for the virus, the ministry said.

According to online news website The Japan Times, it’s the 11th Zika-virus case in the country since the first infection was confirmed there in 2013.

None of the people contracted the disease in Japan.

 

– TiVi Tuan-san