The Department of Health-Regional Office VI (DOH-ROVI) is working closely with the local government unit of Iloilo City to intensify surveillance and mosquito control measures over a confirmed case of the Zika virus involving a 45-year-old woman from Jaro district.

The DOH-ROVI will also assist patients categorized as Zika suspects (skin rashes with fever, conjunctivitis and joint pains) for confirmatory laboratory tests at the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Metro Manila.

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