Fearing Zika, tourist lodges police report over mosquitoes in hotel room

An Aedes mosquito, a known vector for the Zika virus. - AFP

MALACCA: A Chinese tourist, apparently fearful of contracting Zika, has lodged a police report after seeing mosquitoes in his hotel room.

The 67-year-old tourist from Shanghai, China, who was holidaying here with his wife, claimed that he saw mosquitoes and other insects in his hotel room.