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Texas confirms its first case of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes, becoming the second U.S. state to report a local transmission of the virus after Florida. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the case involves a woman living in Cameron County, who is not pregnant.
2016-11-28

The World Health Organization warns that the Zika virus will continue to spread across Asia with cases already reported in Singapore and Thailand.
2016-10-11

In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
2016-09-19

The cases of people infected with the Zika virus in Singapore jumps to 240+.
2016-09-5

A pregnant woman is discovered to be infected by the Zika virus after cases jump to over 100 in Singapore.
2016-09-1

Australia, South Korea and Taiwan issue travel advisories concerning Singapore after cases of Zika virus infection in the city-state passes 50.
2016-08-30

The number of Zika virus infected in Singapore rises above 40.
2016-08-29

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection confirms Hong Kong's first case of Zika virus in a 38-year-old woman and says it will report the case to the World Health Organization (WHO).
2016-08-25

The World Health Organization confirms that the Zika virus strain spreading in Cape Verde is the same as the one in the Americas.
2016-05-21

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the Zika virus causes birth defects like microcephaly.
2016-04-13