Malaysia also recently confirmed the first imported case of the Zika virus in woman who had visited SingaporeMalaysia on Wednesday confirmed its first case of the Zika virus in a pregnant woman, a 27-year-old living in a southern city next to the city-state of Singapore. Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized, besides other brain abnormalities. Malaysia recently confirmed the first imported case of Zika in a 58-year-old woman who had visited Singapore. On Saturday, it confirmed the first case of a locally transmitted Zika infection. Subramaniam said Malaysia was expecting to see more cases in Johor Bahru because of its closeness to Singapore.

Source: dna September 07, 2016 07:30 UTC