Singapore confirms 41 local cases of zika virus

Singapore confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted zika virus, and said more were expected.

In Brazil, the virus has been linked to a rare birth defect, microcephaly, which causes small head size.

Those infected in Singapore include 36 foreign construction workers employed at a site near Aljunied, in the southeast of the island, the health ministry and the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday.