{"id":4168,"date":"2016-09-01T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2016-09-01T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T16:04:00","slug":"zika-virus-gets-foothold-in-singapore-raising-fears-of-epidemics-in-asia-and-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4168","title":{"rendered":"Zika virus gets foothold in Singapore, raising fears of epidemics in Asia and Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Helen Branswell for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">T<\/span>he Zika virus appears to be spreading rapidly in Singapore, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/local-zika-cases-in\/3089076.html\" target=\"_blank\">115 confirmed cases<\/a> as of Wednesday, according to government officials. At least one pregnant woman is among them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/09\/01\/zika-singapore-asia-spread\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ODb1UNcRU55iNw-BbYxjbcSJDjOBs5uk8JdjaK4NmDH1cN9WCnRNi2KccC5E3VPBOA1IQI0mwcTII5P7XYj9_DTmOIQ&amp;_hsmi=33714165\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The Zika virus appears to be spreading rapidly in Singapore, with 115 confirmed cases as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4169,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4168\/revisions\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}