South Korea reports 6th confirmed case of Zika virus

South Korea has confirmed its sixth Zika virus infection in a woman who returned from the Dominican Republic, Yonhap news agency quoted local health authorities as saying Friday.

The latest Zika patient was discovered 51 days after the fifth case was confirmed here.

The 28-year-old South Korean woman has tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus after returning home from the Dominican Republic on June 23, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.

The woman, whose identity is withheld, had stayed in the Caribbean nation from June 2014. She entered South Korea via the United States and Taiwan.

She has shown symptoms of rash, muscular pain, joint pain and conjunctivitis since Monday and went to the Seoul National University Hospital on Wednesday, health authorities said.

"She is not pregnant. We are currently conducting an in-depth epidemiological investigation on her," the KCDC said. 

The latest case raises the number of confirmed infections in South Korea to six - one from the Dominican Republic, one from Brazil, one from Vietnam and three from the Philippines. All of them had mosquito bites during their trip. 

Source : MENA