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Singapore battles Zika

  • A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore

    A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore

    A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    REUTERS
  • A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore

    A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore

    A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A resident volunteer puts up posters in a lift of a public housing estate in a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A resident volunteer puts up posters in a lift of a public housing estate in a Zika cluster in Singapore

    A resident volunteer puts up posters in a lift of a public housing estate in a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • The Zika virus
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    The Zika virus

    The Zika virus
  • A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at a new Zika cluster in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at a new Zika cluster in Singapore

    A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at a new Zika cluster in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • Notices on Zika at Block 109 Aljunied Crescent.
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    41 Zika cases in Singapore

    Notices on Zika at Block 109 Aljunied Crescent.
  • Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that transmits Zika through bites
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    Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that transmits Zika through bites

    Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that transmits Zika through bites
  • Workers are seen fogging a housing estate in Singapore on August 28, 2016 after authorities reported more than 40 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus
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    Workers are seen fogging a housing estate in Singapore on August 28, 2016 after authorities reported more than 40 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus

    Workers are seen fogging a housing estate in Singapore on August 28, 2016 after authorities reported more than 40 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus
  • Fumigation is being done at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.
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    Zika in Singapore

    Fumigation is being done at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.
  • The NEA officer is going around telling residents to close their doors and windows.
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    Zika in Singapore

    The NEA officer is going around telling residents to close their doors and windows.
  • An NEA officer walks by the corridor at Block 53 as a worker fumigates the area.
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    Zika in Singapore

    An NEA officer walks by the corridor at Block 53 as a worker fumigates the area.
  • This is what residents say they received from residents committee volunteers who visited homes at Aljunied Cresent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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    Zika in Singapore

    This is what residents say they received from residents committee volunteers who visited homes at Aljunied Cresent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  • Fumigation taking place at Blk 53 Sims Drive on Monday (29 Aug). A total of 41 cases of Zika have been confirmed in Singapore since Saturday.
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    Zika in Singapore: Fumigation at Sims Drive

    Fumigation taking place at Blk 53 Sims Drive on Monday (29 Aug). A total of 41 cases of Zika have been confirmed in Singapore since Saturday.
  • A worker fogs a community playground at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs a community playground at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    A worker fogs a community playground at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A resident leaves a community garden as a worker fogs the area at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    A resident leaves a community garden as a worker fogs the area at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    A resident leaves a community garden as a worker fogs the area at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    REUTERS
  • Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A woman suspected of Zika infection leaves in an ambulance from a clinic, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A woman suspected of Zika infection leaves in an ambulance from a clinic, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A woman suspected of Zika infection leaves in an ambulance from a clinic, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A volunteer sits behind boxes of insect repellents to be distributed to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A volunteer sits behind boxes of insect repellents to be distributed to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    A volunteer sits behind boxes of insect repellents to be distributed to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    REUTERS
  • Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
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    Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta

    Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
    Reuters
  • A National Environment Agency officer and a member of a pest control team checks for mosquito breeding grounds at a resident's house in a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A National Environment Agency officer and a member of a pest control team checks for mosquito breeding grounds at a resident's house in a new Zika cluster area in Singapore

    A National Environment Agency officer and a member of a pest control team checks for mosquito breeding grounds at a resident's house in a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    REUTERS
  • A worker prepares to fog the common area of a public housing estate as a resident passes, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker prepares to fog the common area of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker prepares to fog the common area of a public housing estate as a resident passes, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A worker walks at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker walks at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A worker walks at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker cleans out the drains outside a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker cleans out the drains outside a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A worker cleans out the drains outside a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • Workers walk past prefabricated building units as they clean up the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Workers walk past prefabricated building units as they clean up the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    Workers walk past prefabricated building units as they clean up the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A general view of a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A general view of a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A general view of a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Workers walk past prefabricated at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A man shops for insect repellent in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A man shops for insect repellent in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A man shops for insect repellent in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A worker cleans up an area in the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker cleans up an area in the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A worker cleans up an area in the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Workers walk past prefabricated at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    REUTERS
  • A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
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    A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore

    A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
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  • A man picks up a bottle of insect repellent from the shelf in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Man picks up a bottle of insect repellent from the shelf in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A man picks up a bottle of insect repellent from the shelf in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A worker prepares to fog the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker prepares to fog the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker prepares to fog the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A general view of the lunchtime crowd at a food centre, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A general view of the lunchtime crowd at a food centre, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A general view of the lunchtime crowd at a food centre, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue fever, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that carries the Zika virus
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    Zika and microcephaly

    Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue fever, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that carries the Zika virus
  • Scattering mosquito pellets in drainage around the affected neighbourhood in Singapore is one action being taken against the Zika virus
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    Scattering mosquito pellets in drainage around the affected neighbourhood in Singapore is one action being taken against the Zika virus

    Scattering mosquito pellets in drainage around the affected neighbourhood in Singapore is one action being taken against the Zika virus
  • Environment agency inspectors armed with cans of insecticide and torchlights, as well as pest control teams, have become a daily sight in the areas affected by the Zika virus in Singapore
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    Environment agency inspectors armed with cans of insecticide and torchlights, as well as pest control teams, have become a daily sight in the areas affected by the Zika virus in Singapore

    Environment agency inspectors armed with cans of insecticide and torchlights, as well as pest control teams, have become a daily sight in the areas affected by the Zika virus in Singapore
  • This is not the time for ‘finger-pointing’: Doctor who flagged Zika in Singapore
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    This is not the time for ‘finger-pointing’: Doctor who flagged Zika in Singapore

    This is not the time for ‘finger-pointing’: Doctor who flagged Zika in Singapore
  • Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs
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    Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs

    Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs
  • A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate in Singapore

    A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore

    A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
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    Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta

    Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
    Reuters
  • A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide, near the vicinity where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide in Singapore

    A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide, near the vicinity where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site in Singapore

    A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A National Environment Agency officer and a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A National Environment Agency officer and a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore

    A National Environment Agency officer and a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore

    A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore

    A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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  • A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered in Singapore

    A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for Zika virus since May, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for Zika virus since May, in Singapore

    A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for Zika virus since May, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
    Reuters
  • 15 more cases of Zika infection transmitted in Singapore
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    15 more cases of Zika infection transmitted in Singapore

    15 more cases of Zika infection transmitted in Singapore
  • Sales of mosquito repellents soar in Singapore amid Zika outbreak
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    Sales of mosquito repellents soar in Singapore amid Zika outbreak

    Sales of mosquito repellents soar in Singapore amid Zika outbreak
  • Singapore residents in Zika cluster not panicking
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    Singapore residents in Zika cluster not panicking

    Singapore residents in Zika cluster not panicking
  • A patient suspected of having the Zika virus shows the rashes on her arms.
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    Zika in Singapore

    A patient suspected of having the Zika virus shows the rashes on her arms.
  • An ambulance arrives at Sims Drive Medical Clinic to transport some patients to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
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    Zika in Singapore

    An ambulance arrives at Sims Drive Medical Clinic to transport some patients to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
  • A patient suspected of having the Zika virus boards the ambulance.
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    Zika in Singapore

    A patient suspected of having the Zika virus boards the ambulance.
  • Two patients suspected of having the Zika virus are waiting for the ambulance to arrive and send them to the <span>Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.</span>
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    Zika in Singapore

    Two patients suspected of having the Zika virus are waiting for the ambulance to arrive and send them to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
  • <span>A worker fumigates a corridor at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.</span>
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    Zika in Singapore

    A worker fumigates a corridor at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.
  • Sims Drive Medical Clinic sends five people suspected of having the Zika virus to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Monday (29 Aug).
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    Zika in Singapore

    Sims Drive Medical Clinic sends five people suspected of having the Zika virus to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Monday (29 Aug).
A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspections at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A member of a pest control team inspects drains at a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A resident volunteer puts up posters in a lift of a public housing estate in a Zika cluster in Singapore September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
The Zika virus
A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at a new Zika cluster in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Notices on Zika at Block 109 Aljunied Crescent.
Singapore has a chronic problem with dengue, which is spread by the same Aedes mosquito that transmits Zika through bites
Workers are seen fogging a housing estate in Singapore on August 28, 2016 after authorities reported more than 40 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus
Fumigation is being done at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.
The NEA officer is going around telling residents to close their doors and windows.
An NEA officer walks by the corridor at Block 53 as a worker fumigates the area.
This is what residents say they received from residents committee volunteers who visited homes at Aljunied Cresent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Fumigation taking place at Blk 53 Sims Drive on Monday (29 Aug). A total of 41 cases of Zika have been confirmed in Singapore since Saturday.
A worker fogs a community playground at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A resident leaves a community garden as a worker fogs the area at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A woman suspected of Zika infection leaves in an ambulance from a clinic, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Town council volunteers distribute flyers and insect repellents to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A volunteer sits behind boxes of insect repellents to be distributed to residents at a new Zika cluster area in Singapore September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
A National Environment Agency officer and a member of a pest control team checks for mosquito breeding grounds at a resident's house in a new Zika cluster area in Singapore, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker prepares to fog the common area of a public housing estate as a resident passes, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker walks at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker cleans out the drains outside a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Workers walk past prefabricated building units as they clean up the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A general view of a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the common area of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A man shops for insect repellent in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker cleans up an area in the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Workers walk at the construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A man cycles past a construction site where locally transmitted Zika cases were first discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
A man picks up a bottle of insect repellent from the shelf in a pharmacy at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker prepares to fog the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A general view of the lunchtime crowd at a food centre, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Passengers arriving from Singapore walk near a banner about Zika virus at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 30, 2016. The banner reads, "Beware of mosquitoes that spread Zika virus." REUTERS/Beawiharta
A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide, near the vicinity where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A National Environment Agency officer and a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for Zika virus since May, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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A patient suspected of having the Zika virus shows the rashes on her arms.
An ambulance arrives at Sims Drive Medical Clinic to transport some patients to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
A patient suspected of having the Zika virus boards the ambulance.
Two patients suspected of having the Zika virus are waiting for the ambulance to arrive and send them to the <span>Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.</span>
<span>A worker fumigates a corridor at Block 53 Sims Drive, which is in the vicinity of the first locally transmitted case of Zika virus infection.</span>
Sims Drive Medical Clinic sends five people suspected of having the Zika virus to the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Monday (29 Aug).
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More than 100 cases of Zika infections in Singapore have been confirmed, with Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and China reporting that individuals from their countries were infected in Singapore.

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