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Researchers in Singapore develop test kit for Zika virus

SINGAPORE (Eagle News) — In Singapore, researchers have developed a test kit for the Zika virus that could be used in hospitals soon. Global health officials have said the virus has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, and is rapidly spreading internationally. On February 10, China confirmed its first case in a man who had recently traveled to South America. Masafumi Inoue at A-STAR, a research institute in Singapore, […]