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Statements & ReleasesUNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH _________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 12, 2016 Department of Health Confirms a Case of Zika in a Pregnant Woman As reported in today’s Zika surveillance report, the Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed one additional case of Zika on St. Croix, bringing the total to 14 cases. This is not unexpected, and the Department of Health expects that there will continue to be more positive cases in the future. The Virgin Islands Department of Health is confirming our first Zika case in a pregnant woman residing on the island of St. Croix with no travel hi…

FOUR NEW CASES OF ZIKA CONFIRMED ON ST. CROIX; TOTAL CLIMBS TO 11Breaking News / Health / News / Top Stories / Virgin Islands / March 15, 2016 ST. CROIX — This week’s Zika update revealed that four new cases of the virus has been confirmed on this island, bringing the total to 11. There were no new cases of dengue. “The Department of Health continues to test pregnant women without symptoms of Zika. As of this week, 358 samples have been received from pregnant women, of those 225 results are pending. Two were symptomatic and these were both confirmed as dengue,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Health Kimberly Jones in a press release issued on Tuesday. D.O.H. says it contin…

USVI confirms additional cases of both zika and denguePublished on March 2, 2016Email To Friend Print VersionA female Aedes Aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host. Photo: CDC/James GathanySt Croix, USVI -- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health has confirmed two additional cases of zika on St Croix, bringing the total to six cases. This is not unexpected, and the Department of Health expects that there will continue to be more positive cases in the future. In addition, on March 1, the Department of Health reported four new confirmed cases of dengue fever, bringing the total for 2016 to seven. There have not been any cases of d…

THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – at least one. Zika Americas By The NumbersPublished on Jan 29 2016, at 8:05 amFACEBOOKEMAILPINTERESTTWITTERGOOGLE+LINKEDIN A health worker calls out to residents to remain inside during fumigation in an attempt to eradicate the mosquito which transmits the Zika virus on January 28, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Jan. 29, 2016: The mosquito-virus Zika continues to spread across the Americas – Latin America and the Caribbean. Arrival of the virus in some countries of the Americas, notably Brazil, has been associated with a steep increase in the bir…