Indonesia on Wednesday officially confirmed a case of the Zika virus dating back to last year but said it was prepared to handle any outbreak of the disease which has sparked alarm in the Americas. Govern-ment officials confirmed a single case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus had been detected in Jambi on Sumatra island. It was discovered by researchers studying specimens taken during a dengue fever outbreak between December 2014 and April 2015.
“We found an infected patient in Jambi. The presentation by the Health Minister showed that it is under control,” senior minister Puan Maharani told reporters after a high-level meeting convened by President Joko Widodo to discuss the virus.