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China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that its embassy in Singapore had been informed by the island state's health ministry that 21 Chinese nationals in the country are confirmed to have been infected with Zika virus.
China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that its embassy in Singapore had been informed by the island state's health ministry that 21 Chinese nationals in the country are confirmed to have been infected with Zika virus.
In a statement, the foreign ministry added that the health situation was not serious and that some of them had recovered.
India's foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday that 13 of its nationals had tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease that at first affected three dozen workers on a construction site.
"According to our mission in Singapore 13 Indian nationals have tested positive for Zika in Singapore," said Vikas Swarup, spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs.