The Head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under Vietnam’s Ministry of Health Vietnam, Tran Dac Phu  has on Monday reported 93 Zika infection cases in nine localities in Vietnam this year.

According to Phu, “most Zika infections are found in Southern Vietnam, and the disease has developed into a massive outbreak. Among those infected cases in Vietnam was a four-month-old kid suffering from microcephaly, with possible link to Zika virus was recorded.’’

Phu said in the event that Zika cases rise in the coming time, the Vietnam Ministry of Health has built a plan to respond to the disease in three scenarios of no infiltration, penetration but scattering and outbreak, adding that “updates on the situation and warnings have been continuously provided to local people.’’

According to Phu, the current target is to minimise the spreading of Zika virus in the community and prevent Zika infection among pregnant women.