“The mosquitoes known to transmit the virus are not established in Canada and are not well suited to our climate”, he said.
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These Zika birth defects most likely happen when a mosquito carrying the virus bites a woman early in her pregnancy. World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret said the virus is now “spreading explosively” across the Americas.
Health Minister Anibal Velasquez said he expected other cases of people who had been infected with Zika overseas to appear in Peru in the coming days.
There are 20,297 confirmed cases of the disease in Colombia, the national health institute said in a epidemiology bulletin, among them 2,116 pregnant women.
Peru shares borders with Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff called for war on the virus that has caused severe birth defects in thousands of babies.Zika is also spreading in Colombia and Ecuador.
If a case is detected, the department will undertake a “blitz”, he said.
Most symptoms of the virus are mild and most people infected don’t actually become ill.
The WHO said that any country with large populations of the Aedes aegypti mosquito was potentially vulnerable.
She says the cleanup operation began Friday at all installations run by the armed forces and at all federal educational, health and other facilities.
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While Schumer said the spread of the Zika virus doesn’t have the same dangers of an Ebola outbreak, he doesn’t want the government to fall behind on preparation. Friday’s statement says he’s urging Nigerians to tell health workers about any cases of unexplained fevers that last more than 48 hours, especially in those with recent travels to Latin America.
