according to scmp
Hong Kong reports first Zika virus infection
Hong Kong reports first Zika virus infection
Hong Kong health authorities confirmed the city's first Zika virus infection on Thursday night – a 38-year-old woman who recently travelled in the Caribbean.The patient is currently in a stable condition in an isolation ward at United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong.A source said earlier that police were asked to help as the patient was being "uncooperative" and refused to be admitted to hospital.
let alone reuters
Hong Kong confirms first imported case of Zika virus
Hong Kong confirms first imported case of Zika virus
HONG KONG Hong Kong confirmed its first imported case of Zika at a news conference late on Thursday.Government-funded broadcaster RTHK said the infected person was a foreign woman in her 30s believed to have caught the virus in the Caribbean.Zika is a borne by mosquitoes.
moreover from beckershospitalreview
Johns Hopkins opens world's first multidisciplinary Zika virus center
Johns Hopkins opens world's first multidisciplinary Zika virus centerJohns Hopkins opens world's first multidisciplinary Zika virus centerAs Zika virus case counts continue to grow in the U.S. — more than 2,200 people have Zika in the states, according to the CDC — Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine opened the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Zika Center Wednesday, which is dedicated to caring for patients affected by the virus.The center is staffed by experts from several Johns Hopkins Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health divisions, including epidemiology, infectious disease, maternal-fetal medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pediatrics, physiotherapy, psychiatry and social work.Because the center concentrates Zika expertise in one place, Zika virus patients will not need to travel to multiple providers or locations for care, according to William May, associate professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute.
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