(Wong Maye-E/AP)The worsening Zika outbreak in Singapore and its potential to spread elsewhere in Asia and beyond is rapidly raising alarms among health experts. The developments came as a new study released Thursday identified eight countries in Asia and Africa that researchers say are at the greatest risk of Zika virus transmission. It is the first to estimate the risk of Zika outbreaks in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. A big unknown is the extent to which communities in Asia and Africa might have immunity to Zika, because the virus has sporadically been reported on both continents. Read more:Zika fears hit Asia: Singapore instructs workers to apply repellent hourlyU.S. running out of money to fight Zika domesticallyFlorida finds first local mosquitoes infected with Zika

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2016 22:31 UTC