SINGAPORE, Dhu-AlQa'dah 25, 1437, August 28, 2016, SPA -- Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, local media reported on Sunday, citing the city-state's health ministry, Reuters reported. The cases include 36 foreign construction workers employed at a site in Aljunied, in the southeast of the island, the Straits Times newspaper and Channel News Asia television reported. On Saturday, the health ministry confirmed Singapore's first case of a local transmission of the virus, which in Brazil has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect. That case was also in the Aljunied area. Authorities have tested 124 people, primarily construction workers. Seventy-eight have tested negative and five cases are pending, the reports said. In all, 34 patients have fully recovered. --SPA 14:36 LOCAL TIME 11:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w