Pregnant Vic woman has Zika Virus

The first positive case of Zika virus has been confirmed in Putnam County. “As CDC guidance has evolved, we actually have expanded access to testing for people who had not met that agency’s initial testing criteria”. The primary concern of public health officials is that the virus may be linked with a serious birth defect called microcephaly if the mother is infected during pregnancy.

Late Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the Ohio Department of Health of the second case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti, a 21-year-old Stark County man. On the other hand, she may have fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can carry the Zika virus. Zika has also been detected in human urine and saliva, but there is no evidence of transmission through those bodily fluids, the officials said.

Redd, the director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, says CDC teams are deployed right now all over the world. 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.

The CDC has warned pregnant women not to travel to about 25 countries.

In October 2015, Brazilian authorities reported a concerning increase in microcephaly, which has occurred in close sequence to Brazil’s outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

“Virtually there is no risk to contract the virus here in New York City”, Mayor Bill de Blasio said a news briefing Thursday.

But two more years would be needed for any large-scale rollout, the health minister said.

Rio organizers and International Olympic Committee officials have tried to downplay the threat, saying only women who are pregnant are at high risk of complications.

More than anything, Rattay stressed, the best way to avoid zika and other viruses while traveling to affected areas is to take measures to prevent mosquito bites in the first place.