Spain reports first known European case of Zika virus

Colombia has confirmed the first three deaths of patients infected with the Zika virus who had contracted a seemingly related disease that attacks the nervous system and causes paralysis.

John Armstrong to amend the declaration of public health emergency to include Broward County Thursday since this new case was detected.

Scott has also asked the CDC to provide about 1,000 Zika antibody test kits in order to begin testing people for the virus. Under Colombian law, abortion is legal for women whose foetuses show a malformation that makes life unviable, if the pregnancy was a result of rape, or if the woman’s health is in danger.

Researchers have identified evidence of Zika infection in 17 of these cases, either in the baby or in the mother, but have not confirmed that Zika can cause microcephaly.

The possible breakthrough comes after the discovery Zika virus can be transmitted through sex, with mosquito and animal bites previously the only known means of spreading the virus. Health officials recommend covering up, using insect repellant and keeping windows closed or screened. “We are prepared, that there is no reason to panic”.

“We can prepare for the worse and hope for the best”, Scott said.

A health worker displays a mosquito captured in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district on Thursday. So far, there are 48 Zika patients in 12 states and Washington D.C., according to CBS News.

County health officials conducted mosquito surveillance near where those patients lived and did not identify any mosquito activity. “That’s why it’s important for residents to check their properties and ensure there is no standing water, where mosquitoes can breed”. “Sure”, Schaffner said. “But the main engine of transmission that has led this virus to be spread widely throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean is, of course, the mosquito”.

The ministry did not release details of the woman’s identity or the condition of her unborn child. “Can it happen here?”

“With regard to Ebola, we got ahead of it”, Scott said.

“Short of stopping people of traveling altogether, I don’t know where the solution is going to be”, Thompson said. “We don’t want people to panic”. “The disease itself, as such, doesn’t really cause any major health issues for adults or even kids”.

The governor’s action is reminiscent of his response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa, but he has not declared public health emergencies for outbreaks of other illnesses, including other mosquito-borne diseases. “That’s a huge difference”, said Chalmers Vasquez with Miami-Dade Public Works.