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09-04-2016, 04:13 AM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported its first locally transmitted Zika case on Saturday, a 61-year-old man who has died of heart-related complications, the government said.
The patient was a resident of the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, the Ministry of Health said, and already was in fragile health due to heart problems, high blood pressure and other maladies.
But the case, coming two days after authorities reported the country’s first case of Zika, is likely to add to fears of a full-blown outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in the tropical nation.
The ministry said local transmission was highly likely because the man had ** recent history of travelling outside Malaysia.
Ministry Director-general **or Hisham Abdullah told state news agency Bernama his prior health problems were the cause of death on Saturday after**on, but that the results of a full investigation were pending.
On Thursday, Malaysia reported the first Zika case on its soil -- a 58-year-old woman who is believed to have contracted it on a visit to neighbouring Singapore, where 150 cases have been confirmed.
A study published on Friday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal said at least 2.6 billion people could be at risk from the virus in mosquito-ridden parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Zika, which is spread mainly by the Aedes mosquito, has been detected in 67 countries and territories including hard-hit Brazil.
It causes only mild symptoms for most people such as fever and a rash, but infected pregnant women can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by ab**rmally small brains and heads.
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The patient was a resident of the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, the Ministry of Health said, and already was in fragile health due to heart problems, high blood pressure and other maladies.
But the case, coming two days after authorities reported the country’s first case of Zika, is likely to add to fears of a full-blown outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in the tropical nation.
The ministry said local transmission was highly likely because the man had ** recent history of travelling outside Malaysia.
Ministry Director-general **or Hisham Abdullah told state news agency Bernama his prior health problems were the cause of death on Saturday after**on, but that the results of a full investigation were pending.
On Thursday, Malaysia reported the first Zika case on its soil -- a 58-year-old woman who is believed to have contracted it on a visit to neighbouring Singapore, where 150 cases have been confirmed.
A study published on Friday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal said at least 2.6 billion people could be at risk from the virus in mosquito-ridden parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Zika, which is spread mainly by the Aedes mosquito, has been detected in 67 countries and territories including hard-hit Brazil.
It causes only mild symptoms for most people such as fever and a rash, but infected pregnant women can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by ab**rmally small brains and heads.
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