Beijing has its first case of Zika virus infection
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission announced on May 15 that it had recorded a case of Zika virus infection in the capital Beijing.
The patient is a 29-year-old woman from Shandong province who had symptoms of fever and rash in Venezuela since May 11 and returned home on May 13.
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The patient was tested positive for Zika virus yesterday, May 15, and is being treated and isolated at the hospital.
However, medical experts affirm that the risk of spreading the virus in the community in Beijing at this time is not high./.
According to VOV
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