Vietnam Confirms Two more Zika Patients: Health Ministry

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed last week that two more women had tested positive for Zika, the fourth and fifth native cases infected with the mosquito-borne virus in the country since April this year, state media reported. The two female patients, one of whom is pregnant, are from Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province. Both were diagnosed with the disease after having their health checked at local hospitals. According to the health ministry, the two women have made no contact with infected people and have traveled nowhere. The two new cases took the number of native patients contracting Zika to five, including two women in Nha Trang City and Ho Chi Minh City in early April and a male patient from the south-central province of Phu Yen on August 3. Four foreigners have also informed Vietnamese localities of their infection during their stay in the country, including an Australian man in March, a Korean woman in May, a German woman and a Taiwanese man, both confirmed in September. (thanhnien.vn Oct 9, plo.vn Oct 8)