Maryland’s Department of Health has announced its first confirmed case of a Marylander being infected with the Zika virus. Sixty-eight people are also hospitalized with complications confirmed to be related to the virus, Maduro reportedly said, adding that the country had necessary drugs to treat them.
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The CDC was reporting 35 cases of Zika virus in 12 states and the District of Columbia prior to Ohio’s cases.
Health officials said the patient has fully recovered since the case was reported in the past week.
Victoria state’s health minister Jill Hennessy said: “A Victorian woman has been diagnosed this week with Zika virus after recently returning from a country where Zika virus is prevalent”.
Mayor de Blasio convened a panel of health experts at City Hall on Thursday but said there’s no evidence the virus-carrying mosquitoes are in the Big Apple.
Brazil is investigating a potential link between Zika infections and more than 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly. However, only around one in five people infected show symptoms. Women who have the disease while they are pregnant may deliver babies with microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to have small heads, small brains, and developmental delays.
A Maryland resident was diagnosed with the Zika virus after traveling to an affected country.
“My primary concern today is not about a public health risk but a woman who is dealing with the anxiety of receiving news that is incredibly concerning,”she said”. N.Y., wants the federal government to appoint a Zika czar to coordinate the US response to the virus. As for women who plan to become pregnant in the future, Dr. Frieden says, “if this behaves like other viruses, infection with Zika before pregnancy would not have an impact on subsequent pregnancies”. Because doctors are so early in their research, Dr. Muller says we can’t be sure what risk the virus poses to New Mexicans.
Symptoms of Zika may include fever, rash, conjunctivitis and joint pain.
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As of February 3, 35 cases of Zika had been reported in the US, all associated with worldwide travel.
