Free Zika testing underway

by PV/VTV10 October 2016 Last updated at 09:53 AM

(Photo illustrated: CBC)
(Photo illustrated: CBC)

VTV.vn - The Ministry of Health announced that a pregnant woman in Binh Duong and another one in Ho Chi Minh City have been infected with Zika.

This has brought the total number of ZIKA infected patients in Vietnam to five.

Currently, the two patients have been treated and are both in stable condition. The General Department of Preventive Medicine and Maternal and child health department have strengthened their supervision on pregnant women that are suspected to have zika symptoms.

In the South, patients suspected to have Zika virus will be tested for free until the 31st of December at 30 hospitals in the city.

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