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6 Bangladeshi infected with Zika virus in Singapore

Six Bangladeshi nationals are among those infected with the Zika virus in Singapore, the High Commission of Bangladesh said on Thursday.‘We have been informed on Wednesday by MOH (the Ministry of Health) that of those tested positive, as of 12 noon on 30 August, 6 are Bangladeshi nationals,’ Mahbub Uz Zaman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore, told Reuters by email.The patients have had ‘mild symptoms and have either recovered or recovering,’ he said. ‘We are in touch with the Ministry of Health.’