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1st locally acquired Zika case confirmed in ChileBy ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 13:57 EST, 26 March 2016 | UPDATED: 13:57 EST, 26 March 2016 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean health officials say they've registered the first locally acquired case of the Zika virus, which was sexually transmitted within the country. The Health Ministry said in a statement Saturday that a 46-year-old woman got Zika inside Chile having unprotected sex. Her partner recently returned from a visit to Haiti, where he was infected with the virus. The mosquito Aedes Aegypti that transmits Zika and other viruses including dengue is not present in Chilean continental areas. There previously w…

The fourth confirmed Zika import case in Chile is from San Andres Colombia. http://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/chvnoticias/nacional/ministerio-de-salud-confirmo-cuarto-caso-de-zika-en-chile/2016-03-08/174454.html

The Latest: Chile reports its first 3 confirmed Zika cases Feb. 2, 2016 7:32 PM EST 4 photosParaguay Army soldiers clean the backyard of a hospital in an Aedes aegypti mosquito control... Read more PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the battle against the Zika virus (all times local): 1:30 a.m. Hours after reporting Chile's first confirmed Zika infection, Chilean authorities have listed two more cases from the virus that is spreading rapidly in Latin America. The Chilean Health Ministry says all three Zika cases reported Tuesday were contracted outside Chile. It says one person was infected while traveling in Venezuela, one in Colombia and one in Brazil. All are recoveri…