State confirms 3 SC residents tested for Zika virus

The White House says President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff have discussed their concerns about the spread of the Zika virus. However, the Robert-Koch Institute (RKI), the German government’s scientific institution in biomedicine, said that it was unlikely that any transmission of the virus had taken place in Germany or would likely take place under current conditions. Obama and Rousseff agreed to continue to prioritise building national, regional, and global capacity to combat infectious disease threats more broadly.

According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded the most number of Zika virus cases in the Americas and Africa.

There have been two cases recorded in the world where Zika is thought to have been sexually transmitted.

After the outbreak in Brazil, authorities have reported numerous cases where the virus was linked to severe malformalities in babies whose mothers were infected while pregnant, including microcephaly, which is a condition where the baby is born with an abnormally small head and severe brain damage. Over 30 people in the US have been infected with the virus, including three in the Houston area. Health officials suggests wearing mosquito net and insect repellant to prevent mosquito bites.

Since then, there have been 270 confirmed cases of microcephaly and 3,448 suspected cases, up from 147 in 2014.

She says the cleanup operation began Friday at all installations run by the armed forces and at all federal educational, health and other facilities.

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed in a laboratory of… Miranda, who was not pregnant, said in addition to the fever, rash and eye irritation, she started to feel extreme fatigue.

Taylor says his agency is monitoring the situation as the virus spreads, particularly in South America.

“We’re losing the battle against the mosquito”.

While there is no evidence the Zika virus can be passed human to human, there have been reports the virus has been isolated in human blood and semen.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued travel warnings for pregnant women in countries mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Public health officials say the risk for Canadians is low and limited to those who travel or live in regions where the virus is circulating.