Saturday, August 13, 2016

Official expects 1 in 4 people to be infected with Zika virus in US territory of Puerto Rico by end of year

Official expects 1 in 4 people to be infected with Zika virus in US territory of Puerto Rico by end of year:
"A HEALTH expert has warned he expects one in four people in the US territory of Puerto Rico to be infected with the Zika virus before the year’s end.
The Caribbean island has reported 1,914 new cases of the disease in the last week, and there are said to be 10,690 cases there altogether.
The Zika virus is thought to be linked to ‘shrunken heads’ in babies born from infected mothers
The island’s Health Secretary Ana Rius has said that of the total cases 1,035 involve pregnant women.
Officials say 90 people in Puerto Rico have been hospitalised by the virus.
Roughly 30 of them are said to have been diagnosed with the temporary paralysis condition Guillain-Barre which is linked to the condition."

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