Zika spreading across Singapore with more than 40 cases reported

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated August 30 2016 - 2:08pm, first published August 29 2016 - 1:44am
Authorities across Asia are on Zika alert. These Zika advisory pamphlets are available at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Photo: Vincent Thian/AP
Authorities across Asia are on Zika alert. These Zika advisory pamphlets are available at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Photo: Vincent Thian/AP
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is responsible for spreading the virus. Photo: Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is responsible for spreading the virus. Photo: Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP
This digitally-colorised electron microscope image shows the Zika virus in red. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC via AP
This digitally-colorised electron microscope image shows the Zika virus in red. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC via AP

Singapore health authorities have warned the Zika virus, which has been linked to a rare birth defect, is spreading in the affluent city-state.

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