S. Korea Reports 4th Confirmed Case of Zika Virus ( from Vietnam)

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Seoul, May 07 (QNA) ? The fourth case of a Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a 25-year-old woman who recently came back from a trip to Vietnam, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said Saturday.
She visited a hospital in the western port city of Incheon on May 4 to treat a chronic thyroid gland problem after having rash and joint pain and was diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus.
The KCDC suspected she might have been bitten by a mosquito while in the Southeast Asian nation, noting the patient is currently in stable condition.

http://www.fananews.com/en/qater/311394/

 

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Korean woman found Zika positive after returning from Vietnam

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 05/09/2016 16:08 GMT + 7

A Korean woman has been diagnosed with Zika after working in Vietnam, according to a local official.

The foreigner, 25, was infected with Zika during one month working in Vietnam before returning to South Korea on May 1, Tran Dac Phu, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, confirmed.

The patient was found positive for the disease after conducting a health test on May 4, Phu said, noting that this has been the third case in Vietnam since April, when two Vietnamese women in Khanh Hoa, a south-central province, and Ho Chi Minh City were discovered contracting the disease.

This is the fourth Zika patient that has been confirmed in South Korea, he added.

Phu said that the department is tracking places where the patient had traveled in Vietnam to identify the hotbed of the disease and enact measures to prevent an epidemic outbreak.
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http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/34698/korean-woman-found-zika-positive-after-returning-from-vietnam

 

[Treyfish]

Korean girls Zika infection in most modern urban Saigon
Monday, 05/09/2016
Female patients Zika's fourth Korean was infected before Vietnam 20 days, working at the Korean International School and staying in the apartment Sky Garden 2 of the new urban area Phu My ****, District 7.
Korean girls Zika virus infection after returning from Vietnam According to information from the agency coordinating the implementation of international Health Charter of Korea offers to Vietnam, from day 10 to 30/4, patients working at the Korean International School Address 21 Tan Phu and staying in urban areas Sky Garden 2, Phu My ****, district 7, HCMC.
During this time, she had been bitten by mosquitoes and to date, the typhus 28/4, so the Korean authorities suspect may be infected patient in Vietnam Zika virus...:tiphat: http://suckhoe.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc...gn=boxtracking

 

[Treyfish]

They also are testing a person had contact with the patient during the period from 13 to 17/4 in Vietnam. Currently patients with stable health.

Dr. Tran Dac Phu, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health says it has received this information and are requesting the investigation, to clarify the matter.

http://suckhoe.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/suc-khoe/co-gai-han-quoc-nhiem-virus-zika-sau-khi-tro-ve-tu-viet-nam-3399372.html?utm_source=detail&utm_medium=box_relatedtop&utm_campaign=boxtracking

 

[Treyfish]

HCM City: No Zika Virus Found After City-Linked South Korean Case Reported HO CHI MINH CITY,
May 12 (Bernama) -- No case suspected of carrying Zika virus has been detected in district here, since a South Korean woman was found with Zika virus on her return home from the city, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. The municipal Preventive Medicine Centre said it has not detected any suspected Zika cases in the past month, both at the woman's residence and workplace. From April 10-30, the patient worked at the South Korea International School in Tan Phu ward in the district and registered her temporary residence in the Sky Garden 2 residential area in Phu My Hung, District 7. After being bitten by mosquitoes, she broke out in a rash on April 28. After learning about the case from the Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department, the municipal Preventive Medicine Centre coordinated with the District 7's preventive medicine centre to carry out epidemiological and environmental inspections at the patient's workplace and residence but found no mosquitoes or larvae...

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1244950