Vietnam’s HCM City Reports 94 Zika Patients

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By Philippine News Agency

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday confirmed four more Zika cases, increasing the total to 94, including 12 pregnant women, said the municipal Preventive Medicine Center.

To date, 19 out of 24 rural and urban districts of Ho Chi Minh City have detected Zika patients.

Health workers of hospitals in the city have recently received intensive training courses on receiving and treating pregnant women infected with Zika virus.

Vietnam has so far detected 103 Zika cases, including 94 from Ho Chi Minh City, two each in Dak Lak, Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau provinces, and one in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Long An provinces respectively.

(Source: MB.com.ph)