There is now no vaccine or cure for the virus, which has spread to 24 countries and territories in the Americas.
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The National Health Institute of Colombia said the country has seen 20,297 cases of the virus, including 2,116 pregnant women, Agence France-Presse reported. At present, there is no case of Zika virus in Cambodia, and the ministry is watching the situation very closely, Xinhua cited the statement as saying, adding that the risk of the virus coming into Cambodia remained low.
Health officials around the world are on high alert after the Zika virus, which has been around for decades, has suddenly become the source of an outbreak, and three cases, including one in Calgary, have made it to Canada.
It is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female Aedes mosquito, the same type that spreads dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.
The Zika virus crisis continues to bounce around the globe with no known Zika vaccine or cure once infected.
Fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes are the most common symptoms of Zika, according to the CDC.
The warning comes after an estimated 4000 babies in Brazil have been born with a serious birth defect called microcephaly, small heads, often with brain damage that seems connected to the virus.
Illness is usually mild, with symptoms lasting for several days to a week.
Visit the CDC website for more information about the virus. Each of the patients tested in Pennsylvania has traveled recently to one of those areas, said Loren K. Robinson, a deputy secretary in the state Department of Health.
Brazil has reported as many as 1.5 million cases of Zika infection.
Discussions on this disease outcome and the threat from Zika virus infection have taken place with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Suva office. This is a key fact you should be repeating to all of your friends who are freaking out over this right now: The virus has yet to be transmitted within the U.S.
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Air Canada, WestJet, and other airlines have implemented a new refund policies for pregnant women heading to Central and South America. An increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome was noted during an outbreak of Zika virus in French Polynesia in 2014.
