The World Health Organization says the outbreak of Zika remains an international health emergency and the virus is continuing to infect new countries. Authorities in Singapore, a regional financial centre and transit hub, said they had detected 189 people with the Zika virus in total, including two pregnant woman. Despite that assessment, the illness remains a "public health emergency of international concern," Salama said. West African country reports Zika casesFour cases of Zika infection were confirmed in Guinea-Bissau in July. According to the Florida Department of Health, there have been 47 cases of Zika in people believed to have contracted the virus through local mosquitoes.

Source: CBC News September 02, 2016 13:42 UTC