The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added Singapore to its travel alert list, following reports of locally transmitted Zika cases.
The CDC advises pregnant women avoid travel to the Singapore, and recommends other travelers protect themselves from mosquito bites.
Singapore has confirmed 82 Zika cases spread by local mosquitoes.
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The Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett announced Wednesday his plan to reopen the country in time for the winter tourism season.
Melissa remains an extremely dangerous hurricane, with winds near 115 mph.
The center of the storm is expected to move over Jamaica today, across southeastern Cuba tomorrow morning, and then across the southeastern or central Bahamas later on Wednesday.
Airlines are issuing travel waivers, and cruise lines are changing course, ahead of Melissa’s arrival in Jamaica on Monday.
As of early on Friday, the storm was stationary about 165 miles southeast of Kingston.
Melissa is expected to reach hurricane status “during the next few days.”
