Health rises to 27 cases zika in Spain, including two pregnant

All of them have been infected while traveling in a country affected by the epidemic has already spread to 36 countries in the Pacific and South America

http://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-sanidad-eleva-27-casos-zika-espana-entre-ellos-embarazadas-201602221649_noticia.html

 

EFE Madrid - 02/22/2016 at 16: 49: 07h. - Act to. 17: 47: 33h.Filed under: Society - Topics: Virus zika , Health

The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has risen to 27 cases diagnosed in Spain of the Zika virus , all imported, including two pregnant women, who are under medical supervision are.

Nine cases are diagnosed in Catalonia, including two pregnant women; six in Madrid; five Castilla y León; two Aragon; two Asturias; and one in Andalusia, as in Murcia and Navarre.

This was confirmed by the Ministry on its website, once the cases have been confirmed at the National Center of Microbiology Institute of Health Carlos III.

 

All of them have been infected after visiting affected countries .

Health recalled that before the epidemic zika in several countries of the continent American, the Ministry, in collaboration with the Carlos III Health Institute and the autonomous communities, has established a surveillance of imported cases of illness from this virus.