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KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will closely monitor blood banks in the country to prevent the spread of the Zika virus via blood transfusions after Malaysia recorded 40 suspected new cases. Each state has at least one blood bank, while main hospitals in the country also have their own blood bank. “We...
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia recorded its first locally-transmitted Zika case when a 61-year-old man tested positive for the virus in Likas, Sabah. The finding makes the man the countrys second case. Two days ago, the health authorities confirmed that a 58-year-old woman from Klang had the virus after...
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia confirms its first case of Zika infection. A 58 year-old woman who visited Singapore on Aug 19 tested positive, said the countrys Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam in a press conference on Thursday (Sept 1). The woman who lives in Bandar Botanic in Klang, was admitted to Sungei...
Researchers suggest the current Zika epidemic will burn itself out in 2-3 years. The researchers from Imperial College London, United Kingdom predict Zika is unlikely to resurge on an epidemic scale again in Latin America for 10 years or more. The lead researcher, Professor Neil Ferguson explains that :...
A new report shows how the Zika virus can harm a babys brain, despite normal ultrasounds early in the pregnancy. The case study adds new worries about the Zika link to severe birth defects. When a Pregnant Woman Gets Zika, The Virus is Not Just in the Babys Brain In the new case study, Zika...
In a study in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, the scientists said their finding suggests Zika virus can cross the placental barrier, but does not prove it causes microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with abnormally small heads. More research is needed to understand the link, they said.
