Anti-mozzie efforts stepped up in Singapore after Malaysian contracts Zika


The woman with Singapore's first local Zika infection lives in Block 102 Aljunied Crescent. She is now under observation at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. - ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

SINGAPORE: While details of the republic’s first local case of Zika infection are only beginning to emerge, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has already taken steps to monitor the situation at Aljunied Crescent and prepare residents for battle.  

Posters had been put up at the lift landings of Block 102, providing background information on Zika. 

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