More Than 3,100 Pregnant Colombian Women Have Zika Virus: Gov't, More than 3,100 abundant Colombian women are adulterated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, Admiral Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the ache continues its accelerated advance beyond the Americas.
Brazil is investigating the abeyant hotlink amid Zika infections and added than 4,000 doubtable cases of microcephaly, a bearing birthmark apparent by an abnormally babyish arch admeasurement that can aftereffect in adorning problems. Researchers accept articular affirmation of Zika infection in 17 of these cases, either in the babyish or in the mother, but accept not accepted that Zika can could could cause microcephaly.
There are so far no recorded cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in Colombia, Santos said. The government is now ambiguous about a antecedent bump for up to 500 cases of Zika-linked microcephaly, based on abstracts from added countries aggressive the disease, he said.
Much charcoal alien about Zika, for which there is no vaccine. An estimated 80 percent of those adulterated appearance no symptoms, and those that do accept a balmy illness, with a fever, adventurous and red eyes.
There are 25,645 humans adulterated with Zika in Colombia, Santos said during a TV advertisement with bloom officials. Among them are 3,177 abundant women.
"The bump is that we could end up accepting 600,000 cases," Santos said, abacus there could be up to 1,000 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a attenuate acoustic ataxia that can abate the anatomy and could could cause paralysis. Scientists are belief a accessible hotlink amid the ataxia and Zika.
The Colombian government will be alive beyond the country to action mosquitoes - fumigating and allowance families rid their homes of brackish water, the admiral said.
The arena of Norte de Santander, forth the eastern bound with Venezuela, had about 5,000 Zika cases, the accomplished in the country, an epidemiological account from the civic bloom convention appear on Saturday showed. That arena aswell had the accomplished amount of pregnantwomen with Zika - about 31 percent of absolute cases.
Colombia's Caribbean region, which includes accepted day-tripper destinations Cartagena and Santa Marta, had added than 11,000 cases of the virus, according to the bulletin.
The government has said abundant women with Zika are acceptable to admission much-restricted aborticide services.
Many women attempt to acquisition aborticide providers even if they accommodated austere acknowledged requirements and actionable abortions are widespread. On Friday, bounded media appear the aboriginal aborticide because of Zika infection.
Colombia's bloom minister, Alejandro Gaviria, has said he believes three deaths are affiliated with Zika.
Brazil is investigating the abeyant hotlink amid Zika infections and added than 4,000 doubtable cases of microcephaly, a bearing birthmark apparent by an abnormally babyish arch admeasurement that can aftereffect in adorning problems. Researchers accept articular affirmation of Zika infection in 17 of these cases, either in the babyish or in the mother, but accept not accepted that Zika can could could cause microcephaly.
There are so far no recorded cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in Colombia, Santos said. The government is now ambiguous about a antecedent bump for up to 500 cases of Zika-linked microcephaly, based on abstracts from added countries aggressive the disease, he said.
Much charcoal alien about Zika, for which there is no vaccine. An estimated 80 percent of those adulterated appearance no symptoms, and those that do accept a balmy illness, with a fever, adventurous and red eyes.
There are 25,645 humans adulterated with Zika in Colombia, Santos said during a TV advertisement with bloom officials. Among them are 3,177 abundant women.
"The bump is that we could end up accepting 600,000 cases," Santos said, abacus there could be up to 1,000 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a attenuate acoustic ataxia that can abate the anatomy and could could cause paralysis. Scientists are belief a accessible hotlink amid the ataxia and Zika.
The Colombian government will be alive beyond the country to action mosquitoes - fumigating and allowance families rid their homes of brackish water, the admiral said.
The arena of Norte de Santander, forth the eastern bound with Venezuela, had about 5,000 Zika cases, the accomplished in the country, an epidemiological account from the civic bloom convention appear on Saturday showed. That arena aswell had the accomplished amount of pregnantwomen with Zika - about 31 percent of absolute cases.
Colombia's Caribbean region, which includes accepted day-tripper destinations Cartagena and Santa Marta, had added than 11,000 cases of the virus, according to the bulletin.
The government has said abundant women with Zika are acceptable to admission much-restricted aborticide services.
Many women attempt to acquisition aborticide providers even if they accommodated austere acknowledged requirements and actionable abortions are widespread. On Friday, bounded media appear the aboriginal aborticide because of Zika infection.
Colombia's bloom minister, Alejandro Gaviria, has said he believes three deaths are affiliated with Zika.
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