South Korea reports 5th confirmed case of Zika virus

By Park Sae-jin Posted : May 11, 2016, 14:28 Updated : May 11, 2016, 14:28

[[Courtesy of World Health Organization] ]



The fifth case of Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a man in his 30s who recently came back from a business trip to the Philippines, local health authorities said Wednesday.

The 39-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, visited Batangas, some 100 kilometers south of Manila, on April 27 and entered South Korea on May 4, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.

He visited a hospital in Samcheok, some 290 km east of Seoul, on Monday after having a rash, and joint and muscle pains. He was diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus there.

The KCDC suspects he might have been bitten by a mosquito while in the Southeast Asian country.

(Yonhap)
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