Four Canadians have been infected with the Zika virus after traveling to affected countries, according to Canadian government health officials. She is the fourth confirmed case of the disease in Canada.
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Multiple travelers returning to the United States – and now Canada – have brought the Zika virus back with them.
Schmitt said most healthy adults will only experience a fever, rash and joint pain as symptoms.
It has been present in Africa and Asia, and caused alarm after appearing past year in Brazil for the first time, where it is suspected of causing birth defects, specifically microcephaly; a condition where infants are born with an abnormally small scull and brain.
Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that’s been strongly linked to severe birth defects.
The Texas Department of State Health Services was encouraging people to follow travel precautions for regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing.
Mosquitoes in Central and South America are transmitting the Zika virus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said Friday that he doesn’t think U.S. airports need to screen travellers arriving from nations with Zika cases.
This article was written by The Associated Press.
Right now the best way to combat the virus is to control the mosquitoes that carry and transmit the virus, he said.
With 20,000 people confirmed as having the virus, Colombia is now the second most infected country in the world after Brazil.
Many women, especially those living far from large cities, struggle to find abortion providers even when they meet the legal requirements and illegal abortions are widespread. For that reason, the CDC is recommending that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant not to travel to the 24 countries where the disease is widespread.
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee yesterday warned athletes who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant in the near future not to travel to Rio de Janeiro. A World Health Organization scientist estimated that there could be 3-4 million Zika infections in the Americas over the next year.
