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Indonesian woman infected by Zika in Singapore fully recovered: Ambassador
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Ferry passengers from Singapore walk past a poster aimed at raising awareness of the Zika virus in Batam Center International Port in Batam, Riau Islands on Sept. 1. Indonesia has been monitoring people arriving in the Riau Islands from Singapore following recent reports of a Zika virus outbreak in the city-state. (Antara/M.N. Kanwa)
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n Indonesian woman infected by the Zika virus in Singapore is fully recovered. Her condition is not too serious as she undergoes home treatment, the Indonesian Ambassador for Singapore said on Friday.
Ambassador I Gede Ngurah Swajaya said the Indonesian woman is a domestic worker for a family in Singapore. He gave no further details of her identity.
"She is recovering. Her condition is not too serious and she receives home treatment," Swajaya told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
There are around 200,000 Indonesians working in Singapore, he said citing data from the Embassy.
"The Indonesian Embassy continues to monitor Indonesians living here and is asking them to take care of their health to prevent being infected by Zika," Swajaya said.
He praised the Singapore government for managing the outbreak of the Aedes mosquito-borne virus that had infected at least 151 people in the city-state as of Thursday.
The Health Ministry had assigned paramedics in eight seaports in Batam, Bintan and Karimun, Riau Islands, regions that commonly serve trips to Singapore. Passengers coming to the province from Singapore must go through a thermal scan as well as health checks at the seaports.
There are five international seaports in Batam that connect the city to Singapore. At least 8,000 people pass between Batam and Singapore, as the two cities are only less than 20 kilometers away. (rin)
