As the authorities confirmed 24 more new Zika cases today, the worst of it has surfaced — a pregnant woman living in the Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive area counts as one of the infected.
The total number of locally-transmitted cases of Zika now stands at 115; an amount that has made progressive increments ever since the first one was announced on Aug 27.
In even more bad news, the Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency has confirmed a new potential cluster at Bedok North Avenue 3. Of the 24 new cases, 22 are from the existing Zika hotspot of Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive. The two other infected reside at Joo Seng Road and Punggol Way.