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Guangdong reports another imported Zika case

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's southern province of Guangdong reported a new Zika infection on Monday, according to local health authorities.

The patient, a 23-year-old man living in Enping City, which is administered by the city of Jiangmen, returned from Venezuela on Feb. 19, according to the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission. ' The man went to a local hospital after developing a rash on Friday. He was confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus on Monday, and is receiving treatment in a hospital.

He is now in stable condition, the commission said.

Symptoms of the Zika virus, which is spread to humans through mosquito bites, include fever, joint pain, rash, conjunctivitis, headache and muscle pain.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission has urged the public to stay vigilant as the spread of the illness could be possible in some regions as warming weather brings an increase in the mosquito population. Endi