NEA contractors and officers carrying out inspection and misting in Watten Estate yesterday morning. PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
SINGAPORE: The first person in the republic with the Zika virus had stayed home most of the time after returning from Brazil on May 7, and did not go to work before he was admitted to hospital.
The 48-year-old, who developed fever and rashes three days after landing here, also did not take public transport to Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital on May 12, when he was admitted before testing positive the next day.
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