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Isolation of Zika cases to end in Singapore: health ministry

Xinhua, September 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday that the ministry will no longer require suspected Zika cases to be isolated while waiting for test results from Tuesday.

The ministry said that confirmed cases will no longer need to be hospitalized unless medically indicated as the cases of Zika in Singapore have been mild so far.

From Wednesday, the MOH will extend subsidies for the Zika test to all Singaporeans with Zika symptoms.

As of noon on Monday, there are three clusters and 16 cases with no known links to other cases and clusters, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry expected Zika cases to emerge in more areas over time given the presence of Aedes mosquitoes here.

The MOH and the National Environment Agency (NEA) will therefore adjust the strategies to manage Zika in the same way as dealing with dengue. Endit