Suspected Zika case in GenSan declared negativeGENERAL SANTOS CITY — Health personnel have cleared a patient here of possible infection from the Zika virus after earlier showing its supposed symptoms. Dr. Mely Lastimoso, chief of the City Health Office’s (CHO) epidemiology and surveillance unit, said Tuesday the suspected Zika patient came out negative of the disease based on the tests and assessment that they conducted. “Up to this time, we have no case (of Zika infection) here in GenSan,” she said in an interview over Brigada News TV. But she said they based their assessment on the case definition of Zika infection based on a national advisory issued by the Department of Health. “The patient did not fall on these two indicators so we ruled out the Zika infection,” Lastimoso said.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 27, 2016 06:00 UTC