According to our 24-Hour News 8’s partner, The Daily Journal, more than 30 Hoosiers have contracted the virus, all of them infected while traveling mostly overseas, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
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The WHO suggested in June that men should avoid sex or use protection for eight weeks after coming back from visits to affected places if they did not show symptoms.
The DOH, Hontiveros said should equip the barangay health centers because they are the frontline service providers that can aid the government in monitoring and providing immediate care to those infected with Zika virus especially pregnant women. The agency said it is now reviewing the latest scientific information on Zika and may update its guidance later.
The danger of mosquito-borne Zika infection for pregnant American women became more imminent this month, with two neighborhoods in the Miami area reporting cases of locally acquired infection.
Health officials reported the first confirmed “local” victim this year of the dreaded Zika virus in the country as they intensified their campaign against the spread of the disease.
It comes several weeks after the virus was found by doctors in the sperm of an Italian guy half a year after he had Zika symptoms.
Zika primarily spreads through infected mosquitoes, but it’s not the only way.
The Bahamas reported an initial case of the virus on August 10 in a man who had recently travelled to Jamaica.
The health body advises that pregnant women should not travel to areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission, and has warned people travelling to the Paralympic Games, which starts on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, to take precautions against mosquito bites.
Professor Dale A Fisher, head of infectious diseases in Singapore’s National University Hospital, believes that there is a possibility a patient could be infected with both Zika and dengue fever.
“We are planning studies in people to find out whether infectious virus persists in the cornea or other compartments of the eye, because that would have implications for corneal transplantation”, said Dr. Rajendra Apte, a senior author of the study.
Culex is 20 times more common than the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is the main vector of Zika.
According to a Facebook post on Monday by the Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Department, Health Ministry spokesman Ly Sovann said: “All people need to understand about the Zika virus”.
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In addition, the World Health Organization said females, who have had unprotected sex and do not wish to become pregnant due to concerns about Zika virus infection, must have ready access to emergency contraceptive services and counselling.
