The two patients are in stable condition while no further infections
among their relatives and neighbours have been found, the ministry
said.
Two Vietnamese women contract Zika virus, first in Vietnam(DNA India)
Two Vietnamese women have contracted the Zika virus which has been linked to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, and are the first Zika infections in Vietnam, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
A 64-year-old woman in the beach city of Nha Trang
and another woman, 33, in Ho Chi Minh City fell sick in late March, and
three rounds of tests have confirmed they are Zika-positive, the
ministry said in a statement.
The two patients are
in stable condition while no further infections among their relatives
and neighbours have been found, the ministry said.
Zika
is carried by mosquitoes, which transmit the virus to humans. Zika has
not been proven to cause microcephaly in babies, but there is growing
evidence that suggests a link. The condition is defined by unusually
small heads that can result in developmental problems.
Brazil
said it has confirmed more than 860 cases of microcephaly, and
considers most of them to be related to Zika infections in the mothers.
Brazil is investigating more than 4,200 additional suspected cases of
microcephaly.
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