Zika virus: Health Ministry issues travel advisory


A health technician analyses a blood sample from a patient bitten by a mosquito at the National Institute of Health in Lima, Peru on Feb 2, 2016. - Reuters

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has issued a travel advisory for 26 countries and territories where cases of Zika virus infections have been reported.

They are Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana and Haiti.

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