Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok, including pregnant womanTwenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus have been confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand's public health ministry said on Sunday. A worker fumigates the area to control the spread of mosquitoes in Bangkok, Thailand, February 12, 2016. "Of the 21 cases confirmed in the Sathorn area there was one pregnant woman who recovered and gave birth successfully," Ministry of Public Health spokesman Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai told Reuters by telephone. Thailand first recorded the Zika virus in 2012 and the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority conducts regular testing for the virus. Suwannachai said that 30 pregnant women with Zika were being monitored in Thailand.

Source: VietNamNet News September 11, 2016 05:15 UTC