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The local health authorities have found another case of the Zika virus in a man who recently visited the Philippines.
It's the fifteenth Zika infection found so far in Korea.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 41-year-old patient visited the Philippine island of Mindoro for about six days at the end of October, and he developed a fever and muscle pains less than a week after his return.
Yesterday, the virus was confirmed to have been found in a urine sample he gave at a clinic in Daegu.
He's now undergoing further tests at Kyungpook National University Hospital.
It's the fifteenth Zika infection found so far in Korea.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 41-year-old patient visited the Philippine island of Mindoro for about six days at the end of October, and he developed a fever and muscle pains less than a week after his return.
Yesterday, the virus was confirmed to have been found in a urine sample he gave at a clinic in Daegu.
He's now undergoing further tests at Kyungpook National University Hospital.
