Malaysia reports its first case of pregnant woman with Zika virus
Malaysia on Wednesday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika – a resident of a Malaysian state bordering Singapore where authorities have already recorded 275 cases.
The 27-year-old woman in the southern state of Johor is the third case detected in Malaysia, where fears of a full-blown outbreak emanating from Singapore are mounting.
The woman is expecting her first child and is three to four months pregnant
Infected pregnant women can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by abnormally small brains and heads.
“The woman is expecting her first child and is three to four months pregnant,” Malaysia’s Health Minister S. Subramaniam said in a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page.
The man, who had no recent history of overseas travel, was already in fragile health due to other conditions and subsequently died of heart-related complications.
